Empire of Ice and Stone

The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

De: Buddy Levy

Narrado por: Will Damron

"...Damron's able narration carries listeners through this arduous journey with a steady tone that lightens at moments of joy and becomes grave at times of deep sadness and loss. While the tale has all of the trappings of a great adventure novel, neither the author nor Damron let listeners forget that the toll here was real, human, and significant."- Booklist

"Will Damron sweeps listeners onto the Arctic ice with the shipwrecked crew of the Canadian KARLUK."- AudioFile

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.

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.

Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on a mile-square ice floe, their ship and their original leader gone. Under Bartlett’s leadership they built make-shift shelters, surviving the freezing darkness of Polar night. Captain Bartlett now made a difficult and courageous decision. He would take one of the young Inuit hunters and attempt a 1000-mile journey to save the shipwrecked survivors. It was their only hope.

Set against the backdrop of the Titanic disaster and World War I, filled with heroism, tragedy, and scientific discovery, Buddy Levy's Empire of Ice and Stone tells the story of two men and two distinctively different brands of leadership: one selfless, one self-serving, and how they would forever be bound by one of the most audacious and disastrous expeditions in polar history, considered the last great voyage of The Heroic Age of Discovery.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Buddy Levy (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Great adventure story

This is third Levy book I’ve listened to and have enjoyed them all. Each story has been amazing and exhausting! Looking forward to more.

Great all around

Perfect winter book to make you appreciate the warmth and modern comforts we have. Great storytelling as always from Levy

excellent

very good story , suspenseful keeps you coming back wanting more makes you think just how easy modern life is .

Very well written story

Well written very well narrated, I loved the how timeline stayed intact throughout the book.

Great from start to end

I first read Buddy Levi's book about the Greeley expedition, which was a great experience. I purchased this book on audio because I was to be traveling the highway every week for the month of September, and I am so glad I did. Highly recommend. I couldn't stop listening, Captain Bartlett is a great man.