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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We were then brought to a halt.

by a great flow as massive as any which we have left behind us.

It bars our progress completely, so we can do nothing but anchor again and wait till it breaks up.

Which it will probably do within twenty four hours if the wind holds.

Several bladder nosed seals were seen swimming in the water, and one was shot, an immense creature more than eleven feet long.

They are fierce, pugnacious animals, and are said to be more than a match for a bear.

Fortunately, they are slow and clumsy in their movements, so that there is little danger in attacking them upon the ice.

The captain evidently does not think we have seen the last of our troubles.

Though why he should take a gloomy view of the situation is more than I can phantom.

Since everyone else on board considers that

that we have had a miraculous escape.

and are sure now to reach the open sea.

I suppose you think it's all right now, doctor, he said, as we sat together after dinner.

I hope so, I answered.

We mustn't be too sure, and yet no doubt you are right.

We'll all be in the arms of our true loves before long, lad, won't we?

But we mustn't be too sure, we mustn't be too sure.

He sat silent a little, swinging his legs thoughtfully backwards and forwards.

Look here, he continued, it's a dangerous place this, even at its best.

A treacherous, dangerous place.

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