Expeditions & Discoveries

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    • An Unsung Hero

    • Tom Crean – Antarctic Survivor
    • By: Michael Smith
    • Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 196 ratings

    • Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both....

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    • Children of Ash and Elm

    • A History of the Vikings
    • By: Neil Price
    • Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
    • Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 246 ratings

    • The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....

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    • Endurance

    • Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
    • By: Alfred Lansing
    • Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 23-05-00
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 868 ratings
    • The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination...

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    • The Worst Journey in the World

    • By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 29-04-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 295 ratings
    • This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard....

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    • Batavia

    • By: Peter FitzSimons
    • Narrated by: Richard Aspel
    • Length: 17 hrs
    • Release date: 13-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....

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    • Rocket Men

    • The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
    • By: Robert Kurson
    • Narrated by: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 252 ratings

    • The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the moon, from the best-selling author of Shadow Divers....

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    • Farthest North

    • The Epic Adventure of a Visionary Explorer
    • By: Fridtjof Nansen
    • Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
    • Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 27-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

    • In 1893 Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel north with the sea's drift. Experts said that such a ship couldn't be built....

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    • Infinite Powers

    • How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
    • By: Steven Strogatz
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 20-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

    • Without calculus, we wouldn't have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn't have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket....

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    • A Land So Strange

    • The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
    • By: Andres Resendez
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 217 ratings
    • In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived....

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    • Beyond the Trees

    • A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
    • By: Adam Shoalts
    • Narrated by: Adam Shoalts
    • Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

    • A mesmerizing odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, and the rich history it reveals....

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    • Moon Shot

    • The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
    • By: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Neil Armstrong - introduction by
    • Narrated by: Christopher Grove
    • Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 07-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings

    • Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975....

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    • The Vikings

    • By: Frank R. Donovan
    • Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
    • Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 28-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • At the height of their power, the Vikings seemed invincible - conquering well-armed warriors whose ships were the ultimate in seafaring technology....

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    • Dead Mountain

    • The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
    • By: Donnie Eichar
    • Narrated by: Donnie Eichar
    • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 18-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 263 ratings
    • In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain....

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    • España

    • A Brief History of Spain
    • By: Giles Tremlett
    • Narrated by: Luis Soto
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

    • Best-selling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious listeners and hispanophiles....

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    • Adventures for a Lifetime

    • By: Ed Stafford, Ranulph Fiennes
    • Narrated by: Ed Stafford, Peter Noble
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

    • An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen by Ed Stafford. For those who don’t mind a bit of discomfort in order to experience the wilder side of our amazing planet.

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    • Empire of Ice and Stone

    • The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
    • By: Buddy Levy
    • Narrated by: Will Damron
    • Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

    • The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it....

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    • Wanderlust

    • An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
    • By: Reid Mitenbuler
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 21-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

    • The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II....

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    • Scott's Last Expedition

    • The Journals
    • By: Robert Falcon Scott
    • Narrated by: William Sutherland
    • Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 16-01-01
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • In November 1910, the vessel Terra Nova left New Zealand carrying an international team of explorers led by Robert Falcon Scott...

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    • Undaunted Courage

    • By: Stephen E. Ambrose
    • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
    • Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-01
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River...

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    • The Sea Wolves

    • A History of the Vikings
    • By: Lars Brownworth
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 23-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it....

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