The Voyages of Captain Scott (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Accounts of "The Discovery" & "The Terra Nova" Antarctic ExpeditionsBy Charles Turley
Length11h 58m
About this audiobook
The Voyages of Captain Scott (Illustrated Edition) recounts Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expeditions with a narrative shaped by admiration, discipline, and imperial-era fascination with polar exploration. Charles Turley presents the hazardous journeys, scientific ambitions, comradeship, privations, and final tragedy of Scott and his companions in a lucid, dramatic style intended to instruct as much as to move. The illustrations deepen the book's documentary appeal, placing it within the early twentieth-century tradition of heroic exploration literature. Charles Turley was a British writer associated especially with historical, nautical, and adventure narratives for young and general readers. His treatment of Scott reflects the cultural moment in which the explorer's death became a symbol of endurance, duty, and sacrifice. Turley's literary training in accessible storytelling, combined with contemporary public reverence for Antarctic achievement, enabled him to transform expedition history into morally charged narrative without wholly abandoning factual clarity. This edition is recommended for readers interested in polar history, imperial adventure writing, and the making of modern heroic myth. Though its perspective belongs to its age, the book remains valuable for understanding how Scott's voyages were first interpreted for a broad readership.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length11 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 20, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Voyages of Captain Scott (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
15PREFACE TO 'SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION'
2INTRODUCTION
16BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910
3THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY'
17CHAPTER I THROUGH STORMY SEAS
4CHAPTER I THE DISCOVERY
18CHAPTER II DEPÔT LAYING TO ONE TON CAMP
5CHAPTER II SOUTHWARD HO!
19CHAPTER III PERILS
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6CHAPTER III IN SEARCH OF WINTER QUARTERS
20CHAPTER IV A HAPPY FAMILY
7CHAPTER IV THE POLAR WINTER
21CHAPTER V WINTER
8CHAPTER V THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY
22CHAPTER VI GOOD-BYE TO CAPE EVANS
9CHAPTER VI THE RETURN
23CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY BEGINS
10CHAPTER VII A SECOND WINTER
24CHAPTER VIII ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER
11CHAPTER VIII THE WESTERN JOURNEY
25CHAPTER IX THE SOUTH POLE
12CHAPTER IX THE RETURN FROM THE WEST
26CHAPTER X ON THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY
13CHAPTER X RELEASE
27CHAPTER XI THE LAST MARCH
14THE LAST EXPEDITION
28Memorable Quotes
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