-
An Unsung Hero
- Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
- Narrado por: Gerry O'Brien
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
An Unsung Hero
Compra ahora por US$19.49
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, David Grann
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,831
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,387
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,385
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Gasping for Air
- De Jean Engle en 04-19-23
De: David Grann
-
The Last Viking
- The Life of Roald Amundsen
- De: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 455
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 403
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 401
The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding.
- De Leon Miller en 12-01-15
De: Stephen R. Bown
-
Shackleton
- The Biography
- De: Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history. Shackleton is a captivating new account of the adventurer, his life, and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic Book!
- De Jim Muir en 09-28-23
-
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 661
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
-
The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
-
Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Joan Druett
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,092
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,592
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,575
Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense coastal forest, plagued by stinging blowflies and relentless rain, Captain Musgrave inspires his men to take action.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the Best Stories Ever Told!
- De Tiffany en 04-10-16
De: Joan Druett
-
The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, David Grann
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,831
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,387
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,385
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Gasping for Air
- De Jean Engle en 04-19-23
De: David Grann
-
The Last Viking
- The Life of Roald Amundsen
- De: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 455
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 403
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 401
The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding.
- De Leon Miller en 12-01-15
De: Stephen R. Bown
-
Shackleton
- The Biography
- De: Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history. Shackleton is a captivating new account of the adventurer, his life, and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic Book!
- De Jim Muir en 09-28-23
-
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 661
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
-
The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
-
Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Joan Druett
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,092
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,592
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,575
Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense coastal forest, plagued by stinging blowflies and relentless rain, Captain Musgrave inspires his men to take action.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the Best Stories Ever Told!
- De Tiffany en 04-10-16
De: Joan Druett
-
Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- De: Alfred Lansing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 25,156
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22,267
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 22,224
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The best book I've had
- De Thomas Allen en 09-17-08
De: Alfred Lansing
-
Fatal North
- Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition
- De: Bruce Henderson
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War - America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, and the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by 33 men, women, and children stranded on the polar ice.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An average reader says 10
- De Barbara en 11-10-16
De: Bruce Henderson
-
Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 323
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 281
In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedition’s visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great adventure story
- De Elaine McCollough en 01-06-23
De: Buddy Levy
-
The Man Who Ate His Boots
- The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
- De: Anthony Brandt
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 279
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 235
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 235
The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of 19th-century British exploration. After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the 16th century: Find the fabled Northwest Passage, a shortcut to the Orient via a sea route over Northern Canada. For the next 35 years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
They don't get any better than this
- De Christopher en 08-15-14
De: Anthony Brandt
-
Erebus
- One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 66
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful story
- De Stephen Wells en 04-01-24
De: Michael Palin
-
Wanderlust
- An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
- De: Reid Mitenbuler
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 120
Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him. If Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Amazingly in-depth look at an amazing person.
- De Dave en 06-18-23
De: Reid Mitenbuler
-
Labyrinth of Ice
- The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 1,093
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 982
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 979
In July 1881, Lt. A. W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge - vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness - as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship. Only nothing came.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An incredible read
- De Lauren Olson en 12-06-19
De: Buddy Levy
-
The Worst Journey in the World
- De: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 702
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 519
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 516
This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
What a story!
- De A. Massey en 05-25-04
-
In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,405
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,092
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,086
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
-
The Indigo Girl
- A Novel
- De: Natasha Boyd
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,593
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 10,526
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,469
The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family’s three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Tensions with the British, and with the Spanish in Florida, just a short way down the coast, are rising, and slaves are starting to become restless. Her mother wants nothing more than for their South Carolina endeavor to fail so they can go back to England. Soon her family is in danger of losing everything.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
You must read The Indigo Girl
- De maureen m. mukhlis en 11-12-17
De: Natasha Boyd
-
Into the Great Emptiness
- Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap
- De: David Roberts
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed “Gino”), a twenty-three-year-old British explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious expedition to the east coast of Greenland and into its vast and forbidding interior to set up a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, 8,200 feet above sea level.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful!
- De Sandy L Fleming en 12-02-22
De: David Roberts
-
South
- The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- De: Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 214
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
This is a must read.
- De Charles en 10-01-12
Resumen del Editor
An Unsung Hero is an unforgettable story of triumph over unparalleled hardship and deprivation.
Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both.
But Tom Crean returned to Ireland and never spoke about his exploits, taking his incredible story to the grave - until the publication of An Unsung Hero, which unearthed his story and saw him rightfully placed amongst the annals of the great explorers.
Reseñas de la Crítica
"Michael Smith has written a splendid biography." (The Nautical Magazine)
"The epic struggles, heroics and the unbelievable hardships of the voyages are wonderfully told." (The Irish Times)
"Wonderful Kiplingesque yarn about a great Irishman who didn't have to die to become a hero." (Irish Independent)
Más títulos del mismo
Related to this topic
-
Labyrinth of Ice
- The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 1,093
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 982
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 979
In July 1881, Lt. A. W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge - vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness - as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship. Only nothing came.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An incredible read
- De Lauren Olson en 12-06-19
De: Buddy Levy
-
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 661
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
-
Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 323
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 281
In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedition’s visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great adventure story
- De Elaine McCollough en 01-06-23
De: Buddy Levy
-
The Worst Journey in the World
- De: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 702
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 519
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 516
This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
What a story!
- De A. Massey en 05-25-04
-
South
- De: Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 15 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding author and narrator - best version
- De Stephen en 12-17-19
-
The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
-
Labyrinth of Ice
- The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 1,093
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 982
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 979
In July 1881, Lt. A. W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge - vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness - as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship. Only nothing came.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An incredible read
- De Lauren Olson en 12-06-19
De: Buddy Levy
-
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 661
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
-
Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 323
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 281
In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedition’s visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great adventure story
- De Elaine McCollough en 01-06-23
De: Buddy Levy
-
The Worst Journey in the World
- De: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 702
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 519
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 516
This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
What a story!
- De A. Massey en 05-25-04
-
South
- De: Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 15 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding author and narrator - best version
- De Stephen en 12-17-19
-
The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
-
Fatal North
- Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition
- De: Bruce Henderson
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War - America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, and the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by 33 men, women, and children stranded on the polar ice.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An average reader says 10
- De Barbara en 11-10-16
De: Bruce Henderson
-
To the Edges of the Earth
- 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
- De: Edward J. Larson
- Narrado por: Paul Michael Garcia
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
As 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of exploration - set at the world's frozen extremes - lay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called "Third Pole", the pole of altitude, located in unexplored heights of the Himalaya. Before the calendar turned, three expeditions had faced death, mutiny, and the harshest conditions on the planet to plant flags at the furthest edges of the Earth.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
brutally honest accounts unbelievable stories
- De Troy Hamilton en 07-17-18
De: Edward J. Larson
-
Erebus
- One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 66
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful story
- De Stephen Wells en 04-01-24
De: Michael Palin
-
Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Andrea Pitzer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 276
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 236
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 235
In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Great book - missing maps :(
- De Stephen en 01-20-21
De: Andrea Pitzer
-
Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- De: Alfred Lansing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 25,156
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22,267
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 22,224
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The best book I've had
- De Thomas Allen en 09-17-08
De: Alfred Lansing
-
The Last Viking
- The Life of Roald Amundsen
- De: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 455
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 403
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 401
The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding.
- De Leon Miller en 12-01-15
De: Stephen R. Bown
-
Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- De: Roland Huntford
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 161
For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great account, might be better in hard copy
- De Error9312 en 05-24-22
De: Roland Huntford
-
The Man Who Ate His Boots
- The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
- De: Anthony Brandt
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 279
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 235
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 235
The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of 19th-century British exploration. After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the 16th century: Find the fabled Northwest Passage, a shortcut to the Orient via a sea route over Northern Canada. For the next 35 years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
They don't get any better than this
- De Christopher en 08-15-14
De: Anthony Brandt
-
In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,405
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,092
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,086
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
-
Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Joan Druett
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,092
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,592
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,575
Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense coastal forest, plagued by stinging blowflies and relentless rain, Captain Musgrave inspires his men to take action.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the Best Stories Ever Told!
- De Tiffany en 04-10-16
De: Joan Druett
-
The Ice at the End of the World
- An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
- De: Jon Gertner
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders, Jon Gertner
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
In The Ice at the End of the World, Jon Gertner explains how Greenland has evolved from one of earth’s last frontiers to its largest scientific laboratory. The history of Greenland’s ice begins with the explorers who arrived here at the turn of the 20th century. Their original goal was to conquer Greenland’s seemingly infinite interior. Yet their efforts eventually gave way to scientists who built lonely encampments out on the ice and began drilling - one mile, two miles down.Their aim was to pull up ice cores that could reveal the deepest mysteries of earth’s past.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Adventure, Science, Advocacy
- De EM Goodkind en 09-08-19
De: Jon Gertner
-
Barrow's Boys
- De: Fergus Fleming
- Narrado por: James Gillies
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Barrow's Boys is a spellbinding account of perilous journeys to uncharted areas under the most challenging conditions. Fergus Fleming captures the passion for exploration that led a band of men into situations that would humble today's bravest adventurers.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow
- De Robert B. Golson en 07-05-17
De: Fergus Fleming
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
-
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 661
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
-
Erebus
- One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 66
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful story
- De Stephen Wells en 04-01-24
De: Michael Palin
-
The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
-
Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- De: Roland Huntford
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 161
For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great account, might be better in hard copy
- De Error9312 en 05-24-22
De: Roland Huntford
-
The Ship Beneath the Ice
- The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
- De: Mensun Bound
- Narrado por: Mensun Bound - preface, Charles Armstrong
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the ship’s stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Dragged out story
- De Bill en 09-14-23
De: Mensun Bound
-
South
- The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- De: Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 214
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
This is a must read.
- De Charles en 10-01-12
-
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 661
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
-
Erebus
- One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 66
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful story
- De Stephen Wells en 04-01-24
De: Michael Palin
-
The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
-
Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- De: Roland Huntford
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 161
For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great account, might be better in hard copy
- De Error9312 en 05-24-22
De: Roland Huntford
-
The Ship Beneath the Ice
- The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
- De: Mensun Bound
- Narrado por: Mensun Bound - preface, Charles Armstrong
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the ship’s stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Dragged out story
- De Bill en 09-14-23
De: Mensun Bound
-
South
- The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- De: Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 214
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
This is a must read.
- De Charles en 10-01-12
-
The Last Viking
- The Life of Roald Amundsen
- De: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 455
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 403
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 401
The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding.
- De Leon Miller en 12-01-15
De: Stephen R. Bown
-
Fatal North
- Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition
- De: Bruce Henderson
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War - America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, and the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by 33 men, women, and children stranded on the polar ice.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An average reader says 10
- De Barbara en 11-10-16
De: Bruce Henderson
-
The Worst Journey in the World
- De: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 702
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 519
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 516
This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
What a story!
- De A. Massey en 05-25-04
-
In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,405
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,092
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,086
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
-
Endurance
- An Epic of Polar Adventure
- De: F.A. Worsley, Patrick O’Brian - preface
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
"You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?" asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endurance, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. "What the ice gets," replied Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's unflappable leader, "the ice keeps." It did not, however, get the ship's twenty-five crew members, all of whom survived an eight-hundred-mile voyage across sea, land, and ice to South Georgia, the nearest inhabited island.
De: F.A. Worsley, y otros
-
The Terror
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Tom Sellwood
- Duración: 28 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,623
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,163
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,157
The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the Terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear there is no escape.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Very good then, NOT
- De Randall en 07-24-18
De: Dan Simmons
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre An Unsung Hero
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars
- Suzi B.
- 10-22-22
Well told account of this shy hero
Tom Crean is a legendary Irish explorer to Antarctica. Unsung Hero does a good job of telling his story and helping the reader understand the political, environmental and cultural issues that impacted the attempts to explore Antarctica in the early 1900’s.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 02-01-22
Tom Crean: Modern day Bear Grills
Wow... I loved the book Endurance, which is phenomenal in it's own way. This takes you to the beginning, of how it all started w. Robert F. Scott and the Golden age of Arctic Exploration. Highly recommend! Crean deserves glory... what a life he lived.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Amazonian
- 12-19-23
Incredibly Engrossing
It was excellent. I loved how much detail was shared and provided. Definitely a must read.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- E.Tony Reed
- 05-29-23
Great Book!
Once in awhile there comes along an individual with the determination to endure unbelievable hardships in exploration with an attitude that can inspire others to succeed and that person is well written about in this book. Certainly worth reading!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Laura Louise Bernadette
- 04-05-24
Excellent!
Can’t think of anything I didn’t like, great book overall and good narration. Word word word word word
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- nerdgirl
- 01-16-22
Must listen for all polar exploration aficionados
Wonderful narrator and refreshingly different from most of the other books about Scott, Shackleton, and others like them. You will love getting to know Tom Crean better, I sure did. Thumbs way up.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Nicole Forsythe
- 05-16-22
Well read, compelling for Shackletonians
Liked the reading and this particular lens on such a lovely sounding man. Great life, great story, great audiobook.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- John W. Snell
- 01-04-23
FABULOUS...!!! A must read...
Did not want this to end... Includes interesting details on the last years of Tom Crean's life, his family, friends and community--and the famous South Pole Inn...
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución3 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- CGB
- 04-06-22
Great adventure story.
Great writing and great research on a truly unsung hero. I recommend this book to anyone that likes true adventure stories, which IMHO should be everyone. I rated the performance low because the reading of every measure in both imperial and metric measurements is just brutal to hard to listen to. Very distracting.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Kate
- 03-13-23
Riveting
I was captured from the very first. A compelling story with a focus not on Scott, Shackleton, or Amundsen, but on Irishman Tom Crean and his courageous contributions to the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance Antarctic expeditions.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña