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LibriVox recording of The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2) by Robert Falcon Scott.
Read in English by Steve Gough


Captain Scott's ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy - but also a mythic adventure story which has inspired books, articles, and films over the generations. As so often in such cases the 'truth' of the explorers' experiences (and there were many important figures in the party besides Scott) is much more rich, varied, and fascinating than the boy scout stereotype. Few know for example how much time during the many months of the journey were spent in scientific researches which remain of huge value to this day. But what comes across most vividly in Scott's fascinating and finally very moving diary account is the complexity of the man and his closest comrades who reached the Pole fatally too late (the Norwegian Amundsen has beaten them to it by many weeks), then died trekking home, facing tortuous weather conditions, dwindling food supplies, and that gnawing, bitter sense of defeat. Ironically Robert Falcon Scott is now far more famous than Amundsen: his triumph secured by history and by myth. For if Scott was finally an imperfect explorer, he was the perfect author of his own amazing tale. Scott's account is introduced by Clements R. Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society at the time of the expedition; and concluded by E.L. Atkinson, a member of Scott's party and leader of the relief expedition which found the bodies of Scott and his comrades some months after their death in November 1912. - Summary by Steve Gough


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M4B Audiobook 00-21 (226MB)
M4B Audiobook 22-44 (257MB)

1. Preface and Expedition Members (9.2Mb)
2. Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part One (21.2Mb)
3. Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part Two (21.8Mb)
4. Chapter II, In The Pack, Part One (19Mb)
5. Chapter II, In The Pack, Part Two (27.2Mb)
6. Chapter II, In The Pack, Part Three (25.3Mb)
7. Chapter III, Land, Part One (20.8Mb)
8. Chapter III, Land, Part Two (21.9Mb)
9. Chapter IV, Settling In, Part One (25.2Mb)
10. Chapter IV, Settling In, Part Two (23Mb)
11. Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part One (17.7Mb)
12. Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part Two (20.3Mb)
13. Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part Three (17.4Mb)
14. Chapter VI, Adventures and Peril, Part One (19.9Mb)
15. Chapter VI, Adventures and Peril, Part Two (12.7Mb)
16. Chapter VII, At Discovery Hut, Part One (25.1Mb)
17. Chapter VII, At Discovery Hut, Part Two (21.1Mb)
18. Chapter VIII, Home Impressions and an Excursion (27.4Mb)
19. Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part One (20.9Mb)
20. Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part Two (21.8Mb)
21. Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part One (15.8Mb)
22. Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part Two (17.7Mb)
23. Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part One (22.1Mb)
24. Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part Two (26.2Mb)
25. Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part One (22.3Mb)
26. Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part Two (23.3Mb)
27. Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part Three (16.4Mb)
28. Chapter XIII, The Return of the Sun, Part One (24.5Mb)
29. Chapter XIII, The Return of the Sun, Part Two (23.6Mb)
30. Chapter XIV, Preparations: The Spring Journey, Part One (12.2Mb)
31. Chapter XIV, Preparations: The Spring Journey, Part Two (18.5Mb)
32. Chapter XV, The Last Weeks at Cape Evans, Part One (17.6Mb)
33. Chapter XV, The Last Weeks at Cape Evans, Part Two (23.2Mb)
34. Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part One (26.2Mb)
35. Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part Two (27.6Mb)
36. Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part Three (23.3Mb)
37. Chapter XVII, On the Beardmore Glacier, Part One (18.2Mb)
38. Chapter XVII, On the Beardmore Glacier, Part Two (15.5Mb)
39. Chapter XVIII, The Summit Journey to the Pole, Part One (29Mb)
40. Chapter XVIII, The Summit Journey to the Pole, Part Two (30.7Mb)
41. Chapter XIX, The Return from the Pole, Part One (23.2Mb)
42. Chapter XIX, The Return from the Pole, Part Two (26.1Mb)
43. Chapter XX, The Last March, Part One (39.3Mb)
44. Chapter XX, The Last March, Part Two, The Letters (17.1Mb)
45. The Finding of the Dead (7.3Mb)

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