Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

speaker

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.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 1.

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

He was standing upon the bridge about an hour ago, peering as usual through his glass, while I was walking up and down the quarter deck.

The majority of the men were below at their tea, for the watches have not been regularly kept of late.

Tired of walking, I leaned against the bulwarks and admired the mellow glow cast by the sinking sun on

upon the great ice fields which surrounded us.

I was suddenly aroused from the reverie by

Into which I had fallen.

By a hoarse voice at my elbow.

And starting round, I found that the captain had descended and was standing by my side.

He was staring out over the ice with an expression that

in which horror, surprise, and something approaching to joy were contending for the mastery.

In spite of the cold, great drops of perspiration were coursing down his forehead.

And he was evidently fearfully excited.

His limbs twitched like those of a man upon the verge of an epileptic fit.

And the lines about his mouth were drawn and hard.

Look, he gasped, seizing me by the wrist, but still keeping his eyes upon the distant ice.

and moving his head slowly in a horizontal direction.

As if following some object.

which was moving across the field of vision.

Look.

There, man, there, between the hummocks, now coming out from behind that far one.

Showing 281–300 of 8,885 · page 15 of 445