The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jon Gertner and Fred Sanders (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
524 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future is an audiobook by Jon Gertner: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jon Gertner and Fred Sanders, released June 11, 2019, on the History & Culture and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jon Gertner, Fred Sanders
- Released
- June 11, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781984885074
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future as an audiobook?
The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future?
The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future is narrated by Jon Gertner and Fred Sanders.
Is The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.