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Antarctic Basalt
An Antarctic Quest in the Days of Dog-sledge TravelBy Lewis JuckesNarrated by Sebastian Abineri
Length13h 45m
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"By 1st February the unloading had been completed, and when the ice anchors had been recovered the ship drew slowly away from the ice edge. The dull weather could not suppress the thrill that pulsed through me – this was the real start of my adventure. Up till then I could at any time have turned back. It might have been embarrassing, inconvenient, or expensive, but it had been possible. Now there would be no more direct contact with the outside world until the ship returned for another brief week or so in a year's time. There was no air link, established or even planned. Was any other workplace in the world as isolated? Even in the Antarctic, did any other base have so fleeting a relief? Together with my companions I was irrevocably committed."
Lewis Juckes describes the many new experiences that lay ahead over the next two years, first while living in huts buried deep within the snow and then in the field with dog teams for transport and tents for accommodation. Thrills and rare sights were there, as well as scares and dangers – and tragedy within the close-knit group. This was Antarctica in the mid-1960s.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length13 hrs 45 mins
Narrated bySebastian Abineri
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 18, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
19Chapter 18: Palaeomagnetism
2Chapter 1: Continental Drift
20Chapter 19: Stella Nunatak
3Chapter 2: Halley Bay
21Chapter 20: The Field Season Ends
4Chapter 3: Daily Routines
22Chapter 21: Station Coats
5Chapter 4: Building
23Chapter 22: Home Sweet Home
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6Chapter 5: The Field Party Returns
24Chapter 23: Settling Back In
7Chapter 6: May – Endless Night
25Chapter 24: Midwinter Again
8Chapter 7: Winter Diversions
26Chapter 25: Planning the Field Work
9Chapter 8: June – Midwinter
27Chapter 26: My Second Spring Trip
10Chapter 9: July – Preparing for the Field
28Chapter 27: Fossil Hunting
11Chapter 10: Earlier Travels
29Chapter 28: The Crevasse
12Chapter 11: August – The Sun Returns
30Chapter 29: The Big Blow
13Chapter 12: September – The Spring Field Trip
31Chapter 30: Back to the Base
14Chapter 13: On the Inland Ice
32Chapter 31: The Big World Outside
15Chapter 14: Rock Underfoot
33Chapter 32: Plate Tectonics
16Chapter 15: New Ground – Milorgfjella
34Chapter 33: Loose Ends
17Chapter 16: The Second Sortie
35Closing Credits
18Chapter 17: Easternmost
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