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 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 1.
Appearances
Nothing but the great motionless ice fields around us, with their weird hummocks and fantastic pinnacles.
There is a deathly silence over their wide expanse which is horrible.
No lapping of the waves now, no cries of seagulls or straining of sails.
But one deep universal silence in which the murmurs of the seamen
And the creak of their boots upon the white shining deck.
Seemed discordant and out of place.
Our only visitor was an Arctic fox, a rare animal upon the pack, though common enough upon the land.
He did not come near the ship, however.
But after surveying us from a distance, fled rapidly across the ice.
This was curious conduct.
as they generally know nothing of man.
and of being of an inquisitive nature become so familiar that they are easily captured.
Incredible as it may seem.
Even this little incident
produced a bad effect upon the crew.
Yon poor beastie.
Kensbare.
Aye, and C's mare, nor you nor me, was the comment of one of the leading harpooners, and the others nodded their acquiescence.
It is vain to argue against such purial superstition.
They have made up their minds that there is a curse upon the ship.
Showing 381–400 of 8,885 · page 20 of 445
← Previous
Next →