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    Iced In: Ten Days Trapped on the Edge of Antarctica , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 544min
    The Antarctic Factor: if anything can go wrong, it will. It's basically Murphy's Law on steroids.... (Chris Turney) On Christmas Eve 2013, off the coast of East Antarctica, an abrupt weather change trapped the Shokalskiy - the ship carrying earth scientist Chris Turney and 71 others involved in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition - in a densely packed armada of sea ice, 1,400 miles from civilization. With the ship's hull breached and steerage lost, the wind threatened to drive the vessel into the frozen continent, smashing it to pieces. If nearby floating icebergs picked up speed, they could cause a devastating collision, leaving little time to abandon ship and potentially creating an environmental disaster. The forecast offered no relief - a blizzard was headed their way. As Turney chronicles his modern-day ordeal, he revisits famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's harrowing Antarctic expedition almost a century prior. His ship, Endurance, was trapped and ultimately lost to the ice, forcing Shackleton and his men to fight for survival on a vast and treacherous icescape for two years. Turney also draws inspiration from Douglas Mawson, whose Antarctic explorations were equally legendary. But for Turney, the stakes were even higher - for unlike Shackleton or Mawson, he had his wife and children with him. Yet there was another key difference: Shackleton and Mawson were completely cut off; Turney's expedition was connected to the outside world through Twitter, YouTube, and Skype. Within hours, the team became the focus of a media storm, and an international rescue effort was launched to reach the stranded ship. But could help arrive in time to avert a tragedy? A taut 21st-century survival story, Iced In is also an homage to Shackleton, Mawson, and other scientific explorers who embody the human spirit of adventure, joy in discovery, and will to live. Cover photo courtesy of Chris Turney/Intrepid Science ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Hodgson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029558/bk_adbl_029558_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Australians in Antarctica , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 173min
    Australia claims about 42 percent of the land mass of Antarctica Continent - largely based on the exploration voyages led by Sir Douglas Mawson in the first half of this century. Yet by 1953 we had no permanent bases on the Antarctic continent. Australians in Antarctica reviews Australia's postwar push south, with the establishment of permanent stations on the sub-Antarctic islands of Heard and Masquarie in 1948, and the first settlement on the Antarctic mainland - Mawson Station - achieved by 1954. The six documentaries draw on extensive oral history interviews with the men (there were no wintering women expeditioners until 1976) who pioneered the polar exploration and scientific programs from 1948 through to the 1970s - including Dr Phillip Law, who was the director of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from 1949-66. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Bowden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/001957/bk_boli_001957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Racing With Death
    Racing With Death ab 8.99 € als epub eBook: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,
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    Arsene Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes: Maurice LeBlanc Collection , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 384min
    First published in 1910, this new Cyanide Publishing edition contains the original text as well as background articles including:Maurice LeBlanc, Formidable Fiction in FranceMaurice LeBlanc, A BibliographyThe Gentleman Thief, A Suave and Sophisticated CriminalArsene Lupin comes up against a worthy adversary - the British detective Herlock Sholmes.Visit www.CyanidePublishing.com to download your free crime/mystery starter library. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Mawson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104441/bk_acx0_104441_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Great Classic Holiday Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
    Enjoy the traditions of holidays past with this classic collection of fun and touching stories. Includes selected readings from Charles Dickens' timeless "A Christmas Carol"; the text of the original newspaper editorial "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus", which has become an indelible part of popular Christmas folklore; O. Henry's unforgettable "The Gift of the Magi"; and much more. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Boehmer, John Mawson, Dana Green. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/001141/bk_bbca_001141_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Flaws in the Ice
    Flaws in the Ice ab 17.99 € als epub eBook: In Search of Douglas Mawson. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Biographien & Autobiographien,
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    Beneath Another Sun , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 683min
    Internationally bestselling author Robert Radcliffe’s World War II novel Beneath Another Sun tells the story of a young fighter pilot’s odyssey from England’s grass airfields to the jungles of Thailand. Based on true events, the journey covers fighter ops over Suffolk, Mediterranean convoys, the code breakers of Bletchley Park, and the surrender of Singapore, to climax with the living nightmare of the Burma-Thailand railway. An unsparing account of the brutality of war, Beneath Another Sun is also a powerful tale of courage, redemption and love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Mawson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/020101/bk_acx0_020101_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Witches of Lychford , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 204min
    Traveler, cleric, witch. The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. A supermarket wants to build a major branch on their border. Some welcome the employment opportunities while some object to the modernization of the local environment. Judith Mawson (local crank) knows the truth - that Lychford lies on the boundary between two worlds and that the destruction of the border will open wide the gateways to malevolent beings beyond imagination. But if she is to have her voice heard, she's going to need the assistance of some unlikely allies.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marisa Calin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002017/bk_aren_002017_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Antarctica: Exploring a Fragile Eden , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 516min
    A journey to Antarctica changes your life. It forces you to take a long hard look at the state of our planet and its last wild places...Antarctica promises man the chance to do something that he has never done before-commit to the preservation of a vast wilderness, simply because it exists. Here Jonathan and Angela Scott tell the story of their modern day exploration of this extreme continent, a journey through the magnificent icy landscape, to explore the wildlife of this rare sanctuary, and reflect on the experiences of early explorers like Shackelton, Amundsen, Scott and Mawson, and on the relationship between man and wildlife in this remote and spectacular environment. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Sherborne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oakh/000133/bk_oakh_000133_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cursed Genius: Francis Rattenbury (Forgotten Heroes) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 158min
    To understand how the macabre death of Francis Mawson Rattenbury could have happened, you have to study his life. He was a murdered genius. A victim of love. He was an architectural virtuoso who designed some of Canada's most memorable structures. Rattenbury dreamed on the grandest of scales and created edifices that remain incredible sonnets in wood and stone a century after his blueprints were penned. But, he was also a man of meagre empathy and faint regard for others, a victim of his urges who died a bludgeoned cuckold to a woman half his age. His murder and the sensational trial that followed his death spawned books, plays, and movies. His buildings remain landmarks, but he was truly a forgotten Canadian hero. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stanley Sauerwein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233884/bk_acx0_233884_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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