Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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8,885 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 22 Jul

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Before being entrusted with a separate command.

The unanimous opinion seems to be that he is not a Scotchman.

and that his name is an assumed one.

Mr Milney thinks that he has devoted himself to whaling simply for the reason that it is the most dangerous occupation which he could select.

and that he courts death in every possible manner.

He mentioned several instances of this and

One of which is rather curious, if true.

It seems that on one occasion he did not put in an appearance at the office, and a substitute had to be selected in his place.

That was at the time of the last Russian and Turkish war.

When he turned up again next spring,

He had a puckered wound in the side of his neck.

which he used to endeavor to conceal with a cravat.

Whether the mate's inference that he had been engaged in the war is true or not, I cannot say but

It was certainly a strange coincidence.

The wind is veering round in an easterly direction, but is still very slight.

I think the ice is lying closer than it did yesterday.

As far as the eye can reach on every side there.

There is one wide expanse of spotless white.

Only broken by an occasional rift or the dark shadow of a hummock.

To the south there is a narrow lane of blue water.

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