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111 of 111 (100%) sections assigned
111 of 111 (100%) sections completed
This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Kitty
Section | Title | Reader | Notes | Listen Url | Status |
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1 | The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece | Kitty | PL OK | ||
2 | Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
3 | The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda | Kitty | PL OK | ||
4 | The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
5 | Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
6 | Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda | flup | PL OK | ||
7 | The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda | flup | PL OK | ||
8 | Proverbs from the Eddas | Kitty | PL OK | ||
9 | Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28 | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
10 | Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
11 | The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | NemoR | PL OK | ||
12 | The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
13 | Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000) | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
14 | Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
15 | Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030) | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
16 | The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76 | Foon | PL OK | ||
17 | King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen | Hunnoe | PL OK | ||
18 | How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
19 | How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla | ChrisFields | PL OK | ||
20 | Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88 | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
21 | Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note | Foon | PL OK | ||
22 | Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
23 | A home in the North, photograph p. 92 | Foon | PL OK | ||
24 | The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100 | Foon | PL OK | ||
25 | How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman | KevinS | PL OK | ||
26 | Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106 | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
27 | The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
28 | Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
29 | The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
30 | How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
31 | How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
32 | How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
33 | The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm | Phjodor | PL OK | ||
34 | Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000) | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
35 | Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
36 | The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. | Hopeforce1 | PL OK | ||
37 | Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. | Fongie | PL OK | ||
38 | The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen | Fongie | PL OK | ||
39 | Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
40 | The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
41 | The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
42 | How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
43 | Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208 | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
44 | The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson | Availle | PL OK | ||
45 | Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
46 | The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare | alanmapstone Kitty WiltedScribe neecheelok70 bluechien NemoR | PL OK | ||
47 | The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234 | Kitty | PL OK | ||
48 | The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark) | flup | PL OK | ||
49 | How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus | flup | PL OK | ||
50 | The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus | flup | PL OK | ||
51 | The letter of King Canute (1027) | Kitty | PL OK | ||
52 | Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman | ColleenMc | PL OK | ||
53 | Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
54 | King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter) | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
55 | The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton | NemoR | PL OK | ||
56 | Molboer stories | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
57 | Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
58 | The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire | ColleenMc | PL OK | ||
59 | King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
60 | Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century) | PatrS | PL OK | ||
61 | The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin | ColleenMc | PL OK | ||
62 | Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
63 | Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
64 | How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
65 | How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
66 | Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
67 | How the laws were made in Saga time | Kitty | PL OK | ||
68 | Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
69 | The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
70 | Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga'' | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
71 | How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
72 | Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | NemoR | PL OK | ||
73 | How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
74 | The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal | kathrinee | PL OK | ||
75 | How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris | KevinS | PL OK | ||
76 | Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
77 | The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin | Availle | PL OK | ||
78 | Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
79 | Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor | Availle | PL OK | ||
80 | How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith | Kitty | PL OK | ||
81 | Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
82 | How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes | Jmbau13 | PL OK | ||
83 | How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes | Jmbau13 | PL OK | ||
84 | The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink | PatrS | PL OK | ||
85 | The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
86 | A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
87 | Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note | Availle | PL OK | ||
88 | Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
89 | How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
90 | The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
91 | The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
92 | What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes | Availle | PL OK | ||
93 | Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes | Availle | PL OK | ||
94 | The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
95 | Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
96 | Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik | Kikisaulite | PL OK | ||
97 | How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
98 | The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518 | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
99 | Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen | Kikisaulite | PL OK | ||
100 | The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
101 | The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten | Kikisaulite | PL OK | ||
102 | A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
103 | The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
104 | The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary | Availle | PL OK | ||
105 | Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546 | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
106 | The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
107 | In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton | KevinS | PL OK | ||
108 | Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen | KevinS | PL OK | ||
109 | At the South Pole, photograph p. 574 | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
110 | The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly | KevinS | PL OK | ||
111 | Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott | Kitty | PL OK |