The Cruise of the Corwin
John Muir
Leído por Mark Harrington
"The Cruise of the Corwin is John Muir's account of a voyage he took in 1881 on the steamer Thomas Corwin, which set sail from San Francisco for arctic waters off the coast of Alaska in search of the Jeannette, a ship tragically lost two years before. The Jeannette was never found, but Muir's notes convey the excitement of exploring far and little-known horizons -- climbing frozen mountains, sketching glaciers, examining rare flora, discovering Wrangell Island off the coast of Siberia and claiming it for the United States, observing polar bears, seal, walrus, whale, and reindeer, describing Inuet culture, exploring the wind-swept islands of the Bering sea and investigating a "village of the dead," where whole clans perished of starvation in the unforgiving landscape. Pieced together by Muir's literary executor, William F. Bade, from newspaper correspondence, published scientific articles, and unpublished journals after Muir's death in 1914 -- a vivid account of the last stretches of the American frontier." (Summary by Michele Fry) (7 hr 10 min)
Capítulos
| Introduction | 41:37 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| I. Unalaska and the Aleuts | 25:46 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| II. Among the Islands of Bering Sea | 20:13 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| III. Siberian Adventures | 23:05 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| IV. In Peril from the Pack | 13:20 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| V. A Chukchi Orator | 16:51 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| VI. Eskimos and Walrus | 16:12 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| VII. At Plover Bay and St. Michael | 22:25 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| VIII. Return of the Search Party | 23:40 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| IX. Villages of the Dead | 21:45 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| X. Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra | 23:14 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XI. Caribou and a Native Fair | 19:54 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XII. Zigzags among the Polar Pack | 20:16 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XIII. First Ascent of Herald Island | 15:56 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XIV. Approaching a Mysterious Land | 17:46 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XV. The Land of the White Bear | 25:03 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XVI. Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet | 22:03 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XVII. Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition | 14:18 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XVIII. A Siberian Reindeer Herd | 20:04 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XIX. Turned Back by Storms and Ice | 12:44 | Leído por Mark Harrington |
| XX. Homeward Bound | 14:00 | Leído por Mark Harrington |