The Purchase of the North Pole

By Jules Verne
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Length4h 16m

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A scheme to melt the polar ice caps for mineral wealth threatens to throw the planet into chaos in this gripping tale of corporate greed.

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GenreScience Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length4 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1CHAPTER I. THE NORTH POLAR PRACTICAL ASSOCIATION.
2CHAPTER II. TO SYNDICATE OR NOT TO SYNDICATE.
3CHAPTER III. THE NORTH POLE IS KNOCKED DOWN TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
4CHAPTER IV. OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
5CHAPTER V. THE POLAR COAL-FIELD.
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6CHAPTER VI. A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION.
7CHAPTER VII. BARBICANE MAKES A SPEECH.
8CHAPTER IX. SULPHURIC ALCIDE.
9CHAPTER X. A CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION.
10CHAPTER XI. THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTE-BOOK.
11CHAPTER XII. HEROIC SILENCE.
12CHAPTER XIII. A TRULY EPIC REPLY.
13CHAPTER XIV. THE GEOGRAPHICAL VALUE OF x.
14CHAPTER XV. INTERESTING FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE TERRESTRIAL SPHEROID.
15CHAPTER XVI. THE CHORUS OF TERROR.
16CHAPTER XVII. THE WORKS AT KILIMANJARO.
17CHAPTER XVIII. THE WAMASAI WAIT FOR THE WORD TO FIRE.
18CHAPTER XIX. J. T. MASTON REGRETS HE WAS NOT LYNCHED.
19CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THIS REMARKABLE STORY.
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