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2021-11-12
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The Great White North

Helen S. Wright (1874 - )

Sketches of those who braved the 'Great White North' in exploration and adventure. - Summary by KevinS

Genre(s): Modern (19th C), Exploration

Language: English

Keyword(s): exploration (91), anthropology (28), north pole (13)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and Explanation of Terms KevinS
 00:12:12
Play 01 Ch. 1 Early adventurers [etc.] Piotr Nater
 00:34:53
Play 02 Ch. 2 Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries [etc.] SCvocals
 00:19:37
Play 03 Ch. 3 Early nineteenth century [etc.] Katharina21
 00:22:36
Play 04 Ch. 4 1819-1827 [etc.] Katharina21
 00:34:34
Play 05 Ch. 5 Nineteenth century continued [etc.] Katharina21
 00:40:50
Play 06 Ch. 6 Sir John Franklin [etc.] Michael Knowles
 00:31:21
Play 07 Ch. 7 Search for Sir John Franklin [etc.] Michael Knowles
 00:48:40
Play 08 Ch. 8 Search for Sir John Franklin continued [etc.] AndrewWade
 00:36:45
Play 09 Ch. 9 Search for Sir John Franklin continued [etc.] KevinS
 01:04:11
Play 10 Ch. 10 Sledging parties of Sir Edward Belcher’s squadron [etc.] WillForbis
 00:42:44
Play 11 Ch. 11, Pt. 1 The second Grinnell expedition [etc.] Katharina21
 00:35:52
Play 12 Ch. 11, Pt. 2 Katharina21
 00:33:13
Play 13 Ch. 12 Dr. Hayes’s expedition [etc.] Michael Carter
 00:18:36
Play 14 Ch. 13 Charles Francis Hall [etc.] Chad Jackson
 00:45:56
Play 15 Ch. 14 Captain Thomas Long [etc.] Katharina21
 00:33:16
Play 16 Ch. 15 Norwegian expedition, 1871 [etc.] Katharina21
 00:26:20
Play 17 Ch. 16 Baron A. E. von Nordenskjöld [etc.] Jake Malizia
 00:23:43
Play 18 Ch. 17, Pt. 1 British expedition of 1875 [etc.] Jddykst
 00:38:32
Play 19 Ch. 17, Pt. 2 Jddykst
 00:40:54
Play 20 Ch. 18 The Jeannette expedition, 1879-1881 [etc.] mleigh
 01:09:19
Play 21 Ch. 19, Pt. 1 International circumpolar stations [etc.] mleigh
 00:46:08
Play 22 Ch. 19, Pt. 2 mleigh
 00:42:16
Play 23 Ch. 20 Nansen [etc.] Katharina21
 00:30:30
Play 24 Ch. 21 Journeys of Dr. A. Bunge and Baron E. von Toll [etc.] AndrewWade
 00:35:09
Play 25 Ch. 22 Otto Sverdrup [etc.] Jddykst
 00:44:57
Play 26 Ch. 23 Robert E. Peary [etc.] Katharina21
 00:25:20
Play 27 Ch. 24 and Conclusion bmitchell062003
 00:10:04