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A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins by Lloyd Spencer Davis

A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins runs 13.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Raphael Corkhill (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.1listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins is an audiobook by Lloyd Spencer Davis: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Raphael Corkhill, released April 21, 2020, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.1 hrs
Narrated by
Raphael Corkhill
Released
April 21, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781094136431

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins as an audiobook?

A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins?

A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins is narrated by Raphael Corkhill.

Is A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.