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Catalog date:
2025-06-03
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Farthest North

Charles Lanman (1819 - 1895)

Covers the life of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood with emphasis on his attempt to reach "Farthest North" as part of the Greely Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay in 1881. A portion of the book is based on the journal kept by Lockwood on the Expedition.

Genre(s): Exploration

Language: English

Keyword(s): exploration (91), arctic (14), james lockwood (1), adolphus w. greely (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface mleigh
 00:07:56
Play 01 Early Life mleigh
 00:27:54
Play 02 Army-Life in Arizona mleigh
 00:24:19
Play 03 Army-Life in Nebraska mleigh
 00:24:33
Play 04 Army-Life in Kansas mleigh
 00:19:30
Play 05 Army-Life in Indian Territory and Colorado mleigh
 00:13:33
Play 06 Preparing for the Arctic Regions mleigh
 00:12:05
Play 07 From Newfoundland to Lady Franklin Bay mleigh
 00:46:39
Play 08 House-Building and Local Exploratons mleigh
 00:51:40
Play 09 Preliminary Sledge Expeditions and Life at the Station mleigh
 00:43:30
Play 10 ''The Arctic Moon'' mleigh
 00:13:55
Play 11 Expedition to Lockwood Island Part 1 mleigh
 00:43:04
Play 12 Expedition to Lockwood Island Part 2 mleigh
 00:47:07
Play 13 From Lockwood Island to Lady Franklin Bay mleigh
 00:34:56
Play 14 Waiting and Watching Part 1 mleigh
 00:39:17
Play 15 Waiting and Watching Part 2 mleigh
 00:37:21
Play 16 Resuming a Desperate Struggle mleigh
 00:40:21
Play 17 Across Grinnell Land Part 1 mleigh
 00:34:30
Play 18 Across Grinnell Land Part 2 mleigh
 00:29:04
Play 19 Preparing for Home mleigh
 00:18:27
Play 20 Homeward Bound mleigh
 00:19:51
Play 21 The Final Catastrophe mleigh
 00:42:30
Play 22 The Woeful Return mleigh
 00:33:15