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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

SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
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