
Realm of Ice and Sky
Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue
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Will Damron
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Buddy Levy
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"Damron's subtle pacing manages the tension perfectly."—AudioFile on Empire of Ice and Stone
"Listen to this if you want to hear a narrator at the top of his game recount a fascinating—and at times disturbing—true story of adventure, disaster, discovery, cannibalism, and more. Will Damron makes Levy's fascinating account of the Greely (Polar) Expedition come to life"—AudioFile on Labyrinth of Ice
National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship―and the men who sacrificed everything to make history.
Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making history’s first attempts at each. Wellman has been cast as a self-promoting egomaniac known mostly for his catastrophic failures. Instead he was a courageous innovator who pushed the boundaries of polar exploration and paved the way for the ultimate conquest of the North Pole—which would be achieved not by dogsled or airplane, but by airship.
American explorer Dr. Frederick Cook was the first to claim he made it to the North Pole in 1908. A year later, so did American Robert Peary, but both Cook’s and Peary’s claims had been seriously questioned. There was enough doubt that Norwegian explorer extraordinaire Roald Amundsen—who’d made history and a name for himself by being first to sail through the Northwest Passage and first man to the South Pole—picked up where Walter Wellman left off, attempting to fly to the North Pole by airship. He would go in the Norge, designed by Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile. The 350-foot Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926, and Amundsen was able to accurately record and verify their exact location.
However, the engineer Nobile felt slighted by Amundsen. Two years later, Nobile returned, this time in the Italia, backed by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. This was an Italian enterprise, and Nobile intended to win back the global accolades and reputation he believed Amundsen had stripped from him. The journey ended in disaster, death, and accusations of cannibalism, launching one of the great rescue operations the world had ever seen.
Realm of Ice and Sky is the riveting tale of the men who first flew the most advanced technological airships of their time to the top of the world, risking and even giving their lives for science, country, and polar immortality.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
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The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters tells the story of a wild encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard abandoned in the Falklands for eighteen months.
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Great history
- De Pullman en 07-31-24
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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Labyrinth of Ice
- The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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In July 1881, Lt. A. W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge - vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness - as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship. Only nothing came.
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An incredible read
- De Lauren Olson en 12-06-19
De: Buddy Levy
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A Wretched and Precarious Situation
- In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
- De: David Welky
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
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A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.
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it all comes together at the end
- De Kat en 01-30-18
De: David Welky
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Conquistador
- Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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It was a moment unique in human history: the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story.
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A Great Book
- De Victor en 02-27-11
De: Buddy Levy
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No Barriers
- A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
- De: Erik Weihenmayer, Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Bob Woodruff
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik’s life: “Don’t make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.” No Barriers is Erik’s response to that challenge.
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well it sounded promising.
- De Eleanor Kirk en 01-16-18
De: Erik Weihenmayer, y otros
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Sailing the Graveyard Sea
- The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
- De: Richard Snow
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in the New York Harbor at the end of a voyage intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this routine exercise ended in catastrophe. Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie came ashore claiming he had prevented a mutiny that would have left him and his officers dead. Some of the thwarted mutineers were being held under guard, but three had already been hanged at sea.
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the day to day brutality
- De L. Lombard en 01-15-24
De: Richard Snow
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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River of Darkness
- Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man". Driving an enormous retinue of mercenaries, enslaved natives, horses, hunting dogs, and other animals across the Andes, they watched their proud expedition begin to disintegrate even before they descended into the nightmarish jungle, following the course of a powerful river.
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Amazing!
- De Sammi en 02-17-18
De: Buddy Levy
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The Ice Balloon
- S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
- De: Alec Wilkinson
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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In this grand and astonishing account, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer “the most original and remarkable attempt ever made in Arctic exploration,” Andrée’s expedition was followed by nearly the entire world, and it made him an international legend.
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Very Interesting Look at Little Known Event
- De Chris Reich en 06-18-12
De: Alec Wilkinson
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
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Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
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Adrift
- A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About It
- De: Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou
- Narrado por: Dan Warren
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than 100 passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly, an iceberg tore the ship asunder, and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and 13 souls. Only one would survive. This is his story.
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Engrossing
- De Trish en 04-20-22
De: Brian Murphy, y otros
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Fatal North
- Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition
- De: Bruce Henderson
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War - America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, and the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by 33 men, women, and children stranded on the polar ice.
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An average reader says 10
- De Barbara en 11-10-16
De: Bruce Henderson
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The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
- Australia's Greatest Explorer
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Robert Meldrum
- Duración: 21 h y 34 m
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Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived. The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography, then sailing for England and a job producing films with the Gaumont Film Co. Brave and bold, he became a polar expeditioner, a brilliant war photographer, a spy in the Soviet Union, a pioneering aviator-navigator, a death-defying submariner - all while being an explorer and chronicler of the planet and its life forms that would do Vasco da Gama and Sir David Attenborough proud.
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Written for a juvenile audience
- De P. Wendell en 04-21-25
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Andrea Pitzer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.
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Great book - missing maps :(
- De Stephen en 01-20-21
De: Andrea Pitzer
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Burke and Wills
- The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 23 h y 43 m
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The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. Melbourne, 20 August 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off, with 15,000 well-wishers cheering them on.
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This Yarn Is Rather Needling—Off The Rails, Even
- De Nicholas Robinson en 05-08-20
De: Peter FitzSimons
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To the Edges of the Earth
- 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
- De: Edward J. Larson
- Narrado por: Paul Michael Garcia
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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As 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of exploration - set at the world's frozen extremes - lay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called "Third Pole", the pole of altitude, located in unexplored heights of the Himalaya. Before the calendar turned, three expeditions had faced death, mutiny, and the harshest conditions on the planet to plant flags at the furthest edges of the Earth.
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brutally honest accounts unbelievable stories
- De Troy Hamilton en 07-17-18
De: Edward J. Larson
Interesting historical connections of a tale I didn’t know about
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Levy great as usual
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Great historical story told well.
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a great book, read by a good naratator
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Interesting History of North Pole exploration
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Epic adventure, incredible courage.
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Airships to the top of the world!
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