In the Arctic Seas
In 1857, Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, who went missing with his entire crew during his 1845 expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, commissioned Captain Francis McClintock to investigate what had happened to the expedition, and purchased for him the small steam yacht known as the 'Fox'. This is McClintock's own account of the two year voyage of the 'Fox'. Following an initially unsuccessful attempt to cross the Davis Strait, the 'Fox' was forced to spend the first winter trapped in the sea-ice off the coast of Greenland. After the next year's thaw, McClintock eventually reached the islands of the Canadian Arctic, where an extensive search finally revealed the grisly truth of the fate of Franklin. (Summary by Patrick Eaton)
Genre(s): Exploration
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Preface | Patrick Eaton |
00:18:56 |
Play 01 | Chapter 1 | Patrick Eaton |
00:21:28 |
Play 02 | Chapter 2 | Patrick Eaton |
00:18:06 |
Play 03 | Chapter 3 | Patrick Eaton |
00:19:19 |
Play 04 | Chapter 4 | Patrick Eaton |
00:19:22 |
Play 05 | Chapter 5 | Patrick Eaton |
00:20:30 |
Play 06 | Chapter 6 | Patrick Eaton |
00:19:16 |
Play 07 | Chapter 7 | Patrick Eaton |
00:18:31 |
Play 08 | Chapter 8 | Patrick Eaton |
00:19:50 |
Play 09 | Chapter 9 | Patrick Eaton |
00:25:17 |
Play 10 | Chapter 10 | Patrick Eaton |
00:24:41 |
Play 11 | Chapter 11 | Patrick Eaton |
00:22:34 |
Play 12 | Chapter 12 | Patrick Eaton |
00:32:29 |
Play 13 | Chapter 13 | Patrick Eaton |
00:22:14 |
Play 14 | Chapter 14 | Patrick Eaton |
00:21:47 |
Play 15 | Chapter 15 | Patrick Eaton |
00:24:33 |
Play 16 | Chapter 16 | Patrick Eaton |
00:25:27 |
Play 17 | Chapter 17 | Patrick Eaton |
00:29:48 |
Play 18 | Conclusion | Patrick Eaton |
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