Emperors of the ice [sound recording] : a true story of disaster and survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13

Title:

JLCTITLE245:

[sound recording] : Richard Farr.

Personal Author:

Farr, Richard, 1960-

Edition:

Library ed.

Publication Information:

Grand Haven, Mich.: Brilliance Audio, p2009.

Physical Description:

5 audio discs (5 hr., 7 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781423382379

Series:

Brilliance Audio on compact disc

General Note:

Compact discs.

Unabridged.

Title from container.

Abstract:

Apsley "Cherry" Cherry-Garrard shares his adventures as the youngest member of Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica in the early twentieth century, during which he and Edward Wilson try to learn the evolutionary history of emperor penguins. Includes historical notes.

Reading Level:

Ages 10+.

Personal Subject:

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959-Juvenile fiction.

Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912-Juvenile fiction.

Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912-Juvenile fiction.

Conference Subject:

British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) -- Juvenile fiction.

Subject Term:

Explorers -- Juvenile fiction.

Emperor penguin -- Juvenile fiction.

Penguins -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Young adult fiction.

Audiobooks collection -- Fiction.

Added Author:

Page, Michael

Contents:

Luckiest man alive: London to New Zealand, Apr-Dec 1910 -- Dying to get there: Southern Ocean, Dec 1910 -- White Christmas: Southern Ocean, Dec 1910 to Jan 1911 -- Seventy-seven South: Cape Evans, Jan-Apr 1911 -- Man-hauling in hell: Cape Evans to Cape Crozier, Jun-Jul 1911 -- Eggs: Cape Crozier, late July 1911 -- A long way home: Cape Crozier to Cape Evans, Jul-Aug 1911 -- Victory in defeat: Ross Island, the Barrier, and the Beardmore Glacier, Oct 1911 to Nov 1912 -- "What is the use?": The Berkeley Hotel, London, May 1959 -- Last words -- Chronology -- A scurvy note -- Maps: From New Zealand to the South Pole -- McMurdo Sound -- The winter journey -- Bill's map of Cape Crozier -- The polar journey -- Charts: The men of the "Terra Nova" Expedition -- Food and equipment for Cape Crozier -- How cold was it?

Performer:

Read by Michael Page. Author reads preface and special afterword.

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