Seek the Frozen Lands

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Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition

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The Arctic Fox: Francis Leopold-McClintock, Discoverer of the Fate of Franklin

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The Wreck of the Neva: The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Women Aboard

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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea- In the Years 1819-20-21-22 - The Complete Edition

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Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions: The Narrative of a Polar Explorer

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Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found

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Franklin's Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus

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Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition

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The First Fleet

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The Frozen North: An Account of Arctic Exploration for Use in Schools

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A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks

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Among unknown Eskimo

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Ice Ship: The Epic Voyages of the Polar Adventurer Fram

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The Brilliant Outsider

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The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

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Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel

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Ice Captain: A Forgotten Hero of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition

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Racing With Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer

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Sailor on Ice: Tom Crean with Scott in the Antarctic 1910-1913

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John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855

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South with Scott

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In the Shadow of the Pole: An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912

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The Far North: Exploration in the Arctic Regions

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The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea

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Hold Fast: Tom Crean with Shackleton 1913-1916

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From Far and Wide: A History of Canada's Arctic Sovereignty

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The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Windward Islands - Part IV - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod

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Scott of the Antarctic: The Legend 100 Years On

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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe

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When I Fell From the Sky

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The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body

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The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

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Aquanaut: The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

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How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

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Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes

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Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon

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The Exotic

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Wanderer

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The Republic Of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

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South: Shackleton's Endurance Expedition

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A Trucker's Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road

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Wind, Sand And Stars

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Paris Letters: A Travel Memoir about Art, Writing, and Finding Love in Paris

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A Voyage For Madmen

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The Worst Journey in the World: With Scott in Antarctica 1910-1913

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South: The last Antarctic expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance

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Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Life Story

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The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy

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Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

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Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

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The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone

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Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Summary

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The Uncertain Sea: Fear is everywhere. Embrace it.

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

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More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood

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The English Governess at the Siamese Court

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Episode 29 – A More Perfect Empire: “Remember this lesson well:  Whenever you can, act as a liberator.  Freedom, dignity, and wealth—these three together constitute the great happiness of humanity.  If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.

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Scythians: Warrior Nomads of the Steppe: In a talk he delivered at our 2019 BBC History Magazine History Weekend in Winchester, the renowned archaeologist Barry Cunliffe shares his knowledge of the skilled horsemen who rampaged across the steppe in the first millennium BC

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145. Israel 1967-1977: The Six Day War

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Episode 28 – When the Mede Came: “In winter, as you lie on a soft couch by the fire, Full of good food, munching on nuts and drinking sweet wine, Then you must ask questions such as these: ‘Where do you come from?  Tell me, what is your age? How old were […]

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World War Two Showdown in the Mediterranean: By the summer of 1942 Malta had been under siege by Axis forces for over a year. Max Hastings joins Dan to tell the story of the incredible bravery of the men who took part in Operation Pedestal & ran the Axis gauntlet in the Mediterranean.

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The Peasants' Revolt: In 1381 England was rocked by one of the most widespread popular uprisings of the medieval period; the Peasants Revolt. Hear the new discoveries that have changed our understanding of where it was happening and who was involved.

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Children's Literature: Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in children's literature.

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Episode 30 – The Lost Army: “So Darius son of Hystaspes was made king, and the whole of Asia, which Cyrus first and Cambyses after him had conquered, was subject to him…and everything was full of his power. First he made and set up a carved stone, upon which was cut […]

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Correcting misconceptions of paleontology with Roy Plotnick

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#200 Trip Report: Summit for Someone on Grand Teton: This is MtnMeister's annual episode about Big City Mountaineers’ Summit for Someone program, where passionate climbers can ascend their dream peak and raise money for charity in the process. On these trips, I bring a portable recording device with...

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Episode 31 – Land of Imposters: “After I became king, I fought nineteen battles in a single year and, by the grace of Ahura Mazda, I overthrew nine kings and I made them captive…As to these provinces which revolted, lies made them revolt, so that they deceived the people.

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Listen: The Eastern Divide Bikepacking Route & Bikepacking Tips for Beginners: I talk with Daniel Jessee about an exciting project to create an long-distance, East Coast bikepacking route called the Eastern Divide Project. Daniel is an experienced bikepacker who has travelled all around the world,

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Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger: The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare & were a major turning point towards Allied victory. But they weren’t without planning & practice & in late April 1944, one of these trials ende...

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The Wisdom of Expeditions with Conrad Anker: Conrad Anker is a legendary mountaineer and one of the most prolific explorers alive today. He has successfully ascended and completed dozens of major mountain expeditions, including summiting Mount Everest three times. In today’s episode, Conrad shares with us the wisdom gained along the way.

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The Persian empire: everything you wanted to know: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones responds to listener questions and popular internet search queries about one of the dominant powers of the ancient world, the Persian empire.

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Maritime Africa 3: African Whaling

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Andrew Roberts on Churchill and the Craft of Biography: Andrew Roberts talks about the life of Winston Churchill and the art of biography with host Russ Roberts. How did Churchill deal with the mistakes he inevitably made in a long career? Was he prescient or just the right man in the right place at the right time? Was he an alcoholic? Did he suffer from depression? Drawing on his recent biography of Churchill, Andrew Roberts answers these and other questions in this wide-ranging conversation that includes a discussion of the mechanics of writing a 1000 page book on a man who has had over 1000 biographies written about him already.

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Marginalised in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega: Much of Medieval history focuses on the kings, queens, bishops, and the nobility of the period, but what do we know about those people on the margins of society? Like today the elite made up only a small percentage of the population and the vast majori...

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Shipwrecked in the Arctic: a 16th-century survival story: Journalist Andrea Pitzer discusses her latest book, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, a compelling story of survival in the Arctic during the 16th century…

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Christopher Gerrard, "Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar, 1650" (Oxbow Books, 2018): In November 2013, two mass burials were discovered unexpectedly on a construction site in the city of Durham in northeast England....

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052 - Icebound: Franklin's Lost expedition (NU)

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July 12, 2019 Giant Water Lily, Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, Gardens Are for People by Thomas Church, Propagating Pelargoniums, and Yerba Buena: In China, July is the month of the lotus. Recently I shared a video in the from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghwhich shows Senior Horticulturist, Pat Clifford, teaching their intern Hazel, how to remove the older leaves of the Giant...

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Myths, ships and history: Anna McKay, Lloyd Belton and Oliver Finnegan delve in the deep for seafaring histories

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The Indiana Jones of the Deep: Mensun Bound on the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance in the most hostile sea on earth: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to THE BENEATH THE ICE author Mensun Bound about the extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on earth

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216-The Tromelin Island Castaways: In 1761 60 Malagasy slaves were shipwrecked on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean.

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Geoffrey Parker and Colin Martin, "Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance In 1588" (Yale UP, 2022): An interview with Geoffrey Parker

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The Viking Age: Fury of the Northmen: Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the start of the Viking Age, from the attack at Lindisfarne to the creation of the Danelaw.----more---- Our story starts with the attack on the Lindisfarne monastery in 793AD. The monastery is famous for...

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Episode 3 - The Lost Franklin Expedition: In 1845, two ships carrying 134 men set sail from England in order to explore an unnavigated stretch of the arctic waters between Canada and Greenland in search of the long sought after Northwest Passage. They would never return again. https://allthatsin...

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#1485 HMS Endeavour with David Nicandri: David Nicandri joins us to discuss the possible discovery of the HMS Endeavour, Captain James Cook's famous research vessel. The ship was used by Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1771. . Support the show by...

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Trapped in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage: On the trail of a doomed 19th century polar expedition, modern explorers met the same danger: devastating, unpredictable sea ice.