COMPELTE [solo] North-Pole voyages by Zachariah A. Mudge - kiki

[Kikisaulite]

North-Pole voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge (1813 - 1888).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/north-pole-voyages-by-zachariah-atwell-mudge/

For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immediate regions of the North Pole. Nor has this desire been confined to mere adventurers. This volume sketches the latest American efforts (from the second Grinnel expedition to that of the "Polaris"), second to no others in heroism and success, and abounding in instructive and intensely interesting adventures both grave and gay.
( From the preface)

• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39013
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  [*] Project Code: 464i1Ez5
  
  [*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Zachariah Atwell Mudge) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachariah_A._Mudge
  
  [*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
  [*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 45
  [*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
  [*]Original publication date (if known): 1875
  [*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction; *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography; *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography/Exploration

Keywords that describe the book: adventure, north pole, arctic exploration, "polaris"

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[*]The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):

• "Chapter [number] of North-Pole voyages. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
• If you wish, say:
  "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
• Say:
  "North-Pole voyages, by Zachariah A. Mudge. [Chapter]"

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• "Chapter [number] of North-Pole voyages by Zachariah A. Mudge. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
• If you wish, say:
  "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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END of recording:

• At the end of the section, say:
  "End of [Chapter]"
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• At the end of the book, say (in addition):
  "End of North-Pole voyages, by Zachariah A. Mudge. "

There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

[*]Example filename northpole_##_mudge_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. northpole_01_mudge_128kb.mp3)

[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: North-Pole voyages


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Any questions?
Please post below[/list]

[Kikisaulite]

So... First 3 chapters are up and a DPL is most welcome!
Kristine

[silverquill]

So... First 3 chapters are up and a DPL is most welcome!
Kristine

Several of my DPL projects are almost finished, so I have room for a new one.

The first three chapters are PL OK - rats and rabid dogs!

[Kikisaulite]

Several of my DPL projects are almost finished, so I have room for a new one.

The first three chapters are PL OK - rats and rabid dogs!

Great! Glad to have you!!! Adding you as DPL and transferring this to Solos forum!

If you chance to notice some words which I butcher too terribly, feel free to correct my pronunciation too!

[silverquill]

Thanks for having me.
This will be an interesting journey.

In regard to pronunciation, there is nothing to butchered or that needs changing.
I did notice a few words where the accented syllable is a bit off. The only one I remember is "horizon", where the "i" is a long sound and accented. ho-RYE-zon would be closer, instead of stressing the last syllable. (At least in American pronunciation). There was another similar one, but I don't recall at the moment. But, I'll make note in the future if you wish. I've taught English as a second language, mostly in Asia, so I know how irrational our spelling and pronunciation is. It is a miracle than anyone ever learns English, even as a native speaker, I think. And you do quite well. Of course there are many variations of English around the world, so sometimes it is not easy to say what is correct and what is incorrect.

Looking forward to the book.

[Kikisaulite]

Thanks! Only two or so words is way better than I expected. Yes, English pronunciation can be frustrating sometimes, especially when your mother tongue is strictly phonetic - read as it is written and always stress the first syllable in my case. Although after some time in English it is possible to intuitively guess how it should sound for most words.... Then of course, there are those words that I theoretically know how they should sound (like that "ho-RYE-zon"), but don't manage to recall this knowledge during reading.

[Kikisaulite]

Sections 4, 5 and 6 are uploaded!

[silverquill]

Sections 4, 5 and 6 are uploaded!

All three are PL OK!

[Kikisaulite]

Sections 7 and 8 are uploaded!

[silverquill]

Sections 7 and 8 are uploaded!

PL OK!

[Kikisaulite]

Sections 9, 10 and 11 are uploaded!

[silverquill]

Sections 9, 10 and 11 are uploaded!

And they are PL OK.
There are a lot a clicks and noise in the closing silences of these. Up to you if you want to do a little clean up.

[Kikisaulite]

There are a lot a clicks and noise in the closing silences of these. Up to you if you want to do a little clean up.

Thanks! Will clean those up!

[Kikisaulite]

Finally got to do some editing.
Chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15 are uploaded!

[silverquill]

Had time to listen to one chapter, then internet was down for 12 hrs after a car crash took out the cables for our region.

Anyway, 12 is PL OK.