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Empire at the Edge of the World by Giles MiltonEpisodes

  1. 5. The Reckoning

    5/5Rescuer Harold Noice finally reaches Wrangel Island. Read by Edmund Kingsley.

  2. 4. The Friendly Arctic

    4/5Stefansson turns bestselling author, selling the Arctic as a paradise ripe for settlement.

  3. 3. Presumed Dead

    3/5Unaware of the Karluk's fate, Stefansson strikes out across the frozen Beaufort Sea.

  4. 2. Trapped in the Ice

    2/5Trapped in the ice, the Karluk's crew face scurvy and starvation. Read by Edmund Kingsley.

  5. 1. The Race for a Lost Arctic Continent

    1/5Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson wins government backing for an audacious Arctic mission.