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Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Mack Sanderson (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media is an audiobook by Darrell Hartman: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mack Sanderson, released June 6, 2023, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Mack Sanderson
Released
June 6, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, The Americas, World
ISBN
9780593743225

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media audiobook?

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media audiobook free?

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Who narrates Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media?

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media is narrated by Mack Sanderson.

Is Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.