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The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration by Alec Wilkinson

The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Pruden (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.3listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 7,179 World 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

The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration is an audiobook by Alec Wilkinson: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by John Pruden, released March 15, 2012, on the World and Travel Tips shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.3 hrs
Narrated by
John Pruden
Released
March 15, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Travel Tips
ISBN
9781481591102

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration as an audiobook?

The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.

Is The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration?

The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration is narrated by John Pruden.