True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

Adolphus W. Greely (1844 - 1935)

The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely published this volume of notable Arctic explorations and the explorers. The modern reader can follow a very readable account of the successes and failures of these early explorers comfortably from the armchair, and learn a lot of history in the processes. - Summary by Carolin

Genre(s): Exploration

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface BettyB
00:04:25
Play 01 The Loyalty of Philip Staffe to Henry Hudson BettyB
00:14:18
Play 02 Franklin's Crossing of the Barren Grounds Kristine Bekere
00:38:56
Play 03 The Retreat of Ross from the Victory Kristine Bekere
00:28:11
Play 04 The Discovery of the Northwest Passage Kristine Bekere
00:24:16
Play 05 The Timely Sledge Journey of Bedford Pim Mark Ernest
00:26:22
Play 06 Kane's Rescue of his Freezing Shipmates Mark Ernest
00:17:49
Play 07 How Woon Won Promotion Mark Ernest
00:17:26
Play 08 The Angekok Kalutunah and the Starving Whites Mark Ernest
00:23:50
Play 09 Dr. Rae and the Franklin Mystery Mark Ernest
00:24:00
Play 10 Sonntag's Fatal Sledge Journey Mark Ernest
00:17:05
Play 11 The Heroic Devotion of Lady Jane Franklin Martin Shewfelt
00:28:49
Play 12 The Marvellous Ice-Drift of Captain Tyson Kristine Bekere
00:44:33
Play 13 The Saving of Petersen Mark Ernest
00:25:42
Play 14 Life on an East Greenland Ice-Pack Mark Ernest
00:26:56
Play 15 Parr's Lonely March from the Great Frozen Sea Mark Ernest
00:21:54
Play 16 Relief of American Whalers at Point Barrow Mark Ernest
00:31:51
Play 17 The Missionary's Arctic Trail Mark Ernest
00:21:30
Play 18 Schwatka's Summer Search Mark Ernest
00:23:47
Play 19 The Inuit Survivors of the Stone Age Kristine Bekere
00:28:32
Play 20 The Fidelity of Eskimo Brönlund Kristine Bekere
00:30:52
Play 21 The Wifely Heroism of Mertuk, the Daughter of Shung-Hu BettyB
00:27:33