The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Helen Scales (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Helen Scales
Helen Scales narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 40 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
689 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed is an audiobook by Helen Scales: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Helen Scales, released March 18, 2021, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Helen Scales
- Released
- March 18, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781472978981
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed as an audiobook?
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed?
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed is narrated by Helen Scales.