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Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records

by William H. (William Henry) Gilder

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Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to William H. (William Henry) Gilder. Catalog subjects include Arctic regions; Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892; Franklin, John, 1786-1847. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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English
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Public domain

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B2–C1 · Deep reading

Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records is calibrated from 40,188 sampled words across 23 chapters: sentences average 26.3 words, 50.8% exceed 24 words and 6% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Table of contents

23 chapters

  1. 01INTRODUCTION.7 min
  2. 02CONTENTS.2 min
  3. 03LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.2 min
  4. 04SCHWATKA'S SEARCH. CHAPTER I.18 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II.27 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III.17 min
  7. 07CHAPTER IV.17 min
  8. 08CHAPTER V.17 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VI.12 min
  10. 10CHAPTER VII.20 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII.14 min
  12. 12CHAPTER IX.13 min
  13. 13CHAPTER X.14 min
  14. 14CHAPTER XI.20 min
  15. 15CHAPTER XII.14 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII.27 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV.25 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XV.24 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XVI.14 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XVII.7 min
  21. 21INDEX.4 min
  22. 22APPENDIX.15 min
  23. 23GLOSSARY.6 min
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