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The lands of silence
Exploration & Journeys

The lands of silence

Sir Clements R. Markham · narrated by Moss

2026

21h 43m
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Sir Clements Markham, the driving force behind British polar exploration, tells the story of the lands of silence at the ends of the earth. He surveys the long quest for the poles. Authoritative history from the man who launched Scott and Shackleton toward the ice.

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67 chapters

  1. 1PREFACE4m
  2. 2PART I12m
  3. 3CHAPTER II ICE AND ICEBERGS14m
  4. 4CHAPTER III TRIBES AROUND THE POLE35m
  5. 5CHAPTER IV ULTIMA THULE10m
  6. 6CHAPTER V FIRST CROSSING OF THE THRESHOLD20m
  7. 7CHAPTER VI THE NORSEMEN IN GREENLAND35m
  8. 8CHAPTER VII NICHOLAS OF LYNN. ZENO. MEDIEVAL NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS12m
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGES TO THE NORTH-EAST. WILLOUGHBY. CHANCELLOR. BURROUGH. PET25m
  10. 10CHAPTER IX BARENTSZ. LINSCHOTEN. DE VEER22m
  11. 11CHAPTER X SIR MARTIN FROBISHER27m
  12. 12CHAPTER XI JOHN DAVIS27m
  13. 13CHAPTER XII THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS AND RICHARD HAKLUYT20m
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII GREENLAND VOYAGE OF HALL AND BAFFIN11m
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV EARLY SPITSBERGEN VOYAGES28m
  16. 16CHAPTER XV EARLY VOYAGES TO HUDSON’S BAY Knight—Hudson—Button and the North-West Company23m
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI WILLIAM BAFFIN23m
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII JENS ERIKSEN MUNK. FOXE AND JAMES. WOOD18m
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII HANS EGEDE AND DANISH GREENLAND18m
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. HEARNE AND MACKENZIE, COOK AND PHIPPS25m
  21. 21CHAPTER XX RUSSIAN ARCTIC DISCOVERIES34m
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI THE BRITISH WHALE FISHERY AND THE SCORESBYS27m
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII BUCHAN AND ROSS17m
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII PARRY AND HIS SCHOOL41m
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH COAST OF AMERICA. FRANKLIN—RICHARDSON—BACK—DEASE—SIMPSON—RAE29m
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV JOHN ROSS, JAMES ROSS, AND THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE14m
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION26m
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVII THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. I.40m
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVIII THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. II.25m
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIX DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF FRANKLIN18m
  31. 31CHAPTER XXX THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. SCORESBY—CLAVERING—GRAAH—KOLDEWEY15m
  32. 32CHAPTER XXXI SPITSBERGEN EXPEDITIONS BEFORE 187210m
  33. 33CHAPTER XXXII FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND ITS EXPLORERS24m
  34. 34CHAPTER XXXIII THE ROUTE BY SMITH SOUND. KANE—HAYES—HALL—NARES—MARKHAM35m
  35. 35CHAPTER XXXIV SIR ALLEN YOUNG AND THE PANDORA. AMUNDSEN AND THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE.14m
  36. 36CHAPTER XXXV WEYPRECHT’S PLAN FOR SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS. THE GREELY EXPEDITION15m
  37. 37CHAPTER XXXVI THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE — NORDENSKIÖLD — WIGGINS — DE LONG23m
  38. 38CHAPTER XXXVII GREENLAND AND ITS INLAND ICE—NORDENSKIÖLD, NANSEN, PEARY26m
  39. 39CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TRANS-POLAR DRIFT. NANSEN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE FRAM19m
  40. 40CHAPTER XXXIX THE PARRY ARCHIPELAGO—SVERDRUP11m
  41. 41CHAPTER XL ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. CAGNI—COOK—PEARY20m
  42. 42CHAPTER XLI KOOLEMANS BEYNEN AND THE VOYAGES OF THE WILLEM BARENTSZ. SIR MARTIN CONWAY AND SPITSBERGEN. CAPTAIN BERNIER AND CANADIAN ARCTIC LANDS13m
  43. 43CHAPTER XLII EAST COAST OF GREENLAND—DANISH EXPEDITIONS32m
  44. 44CHAPTER XLIII LATER GREENLAND EXPLORATIONS—MIKKELSEN, RASMUSSEN—KOCH14m
  45. 45CHAPTER XLIV CONCLUSION11m
  46. 46PART II THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS11m
  47. 47CHAPTER XLVI CAPTAIN COOK—BELLINGSHAUSEN10m
  48. 48CHAPTER XLVII THE SOUTH SHETLANDS. FOSTER—WEDDELL11m
  49. 49CHAPTER XLVIII ENDERBY AND HIS CAPTAINS: BISCOE—KEMPE—BALLENY11m
  50. 50CHAPTER XLIX DUMONT D’URVILLE AND WILKES6m
  51. 51CHAPTER L FIRST ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS22m
  52. 52CHAPTER LI SECOND ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS9m
  53. 53CHAPTER LII THIRD ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS10m
  54. 54CHAPTER LIII ANTARCTIC OCEANOGRAPHY10m
  55. 55CHAPTER LIV REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION8m
  56. 56CHAPTER LV PRIVATE EXPEDITIONS—BORCHGREVINK—GERLACHE—NORDENSKIÖLD—BRUCE—DRYGALSKI—CHARCOT—FILCHNER29m
  57. 57CHAPTER LVI PREPARATIONS FOR THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION29m
  58. 58CHAPTER LVII THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION First Year.31m
  59. 59CHAPTER LVIII THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION The Morning14m
  60. 60CHAPTER LIX THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Second Year.20m
  61. 61CHAPTER LX SHACKLETON’S ATTEMPT TO REACH THE POLE10m
  62. 62CHAPTER LXI AMUNDSEN’S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH POLE10m
  63. 63CHAPTER LXII MAWSON’S EXPEDITION7m
  64. 64CHAPTER LXIII CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION I.30m
  65. 65CHAPTER LXIV CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION The End15m
  66. 66CHAPTER LXV REMAINING ANTARCTIC WORK10m
  67. 67BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND TRAVELS23m
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