Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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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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And we may call it quits.
We've tried a bold venture before this and succeeded.
So now
That we've tried one and failed.
We've no cause to cry about it.
If the worst comes to the worst,
We can make the land across the ice and lay in a stock of seals.
Which will keep us alive until the spring.
It won't come to that, though, for you'll see the Scotch coast again before three weeks are out.
At present
Every man must go on half rations.
Share and share alike.
And no favour to any.
Keep up your hearts, and you'll pull through this as you've pulled through many a danger before.
These few simple words of his had a wonderful effect upon the crew.
His former unpopularity was forgotten, and the old harpooner was
whom I have already mentioned for his superstition.
led off three cheers, which were heartily joined in by all hands.
September sixteenth.
The wind has veered round to the north during the night, and the ice shows some symptoms of opening out.
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