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The Fur Country
Chapitres (48)
- Dedication 0:00
- Part I: I: A Soiree at Fort Reliance 0:12
- II: The Hudson’s Bay Fur Company 18:29
- III: A Savant Thawed 32:37
- IV: A Factory 46:11
- V: From Fort Reliance to Fort Enterprise 1:00:48
- VI: A Wapiti Duel 1:17:33
- VII: The Arctic Circle 1:35:45
- VIII: The Great Bear Lake 1:53:54
- IX: A Storm on the Lake 2:11:53
- X: A Retrospect 2:31:15
- XI: Along the Coast 2:46:26
- XII: The Midnight Sun 3:02:31
- XIII: Fort Hope 3:18:45
- XIV: Some Excursions 3:36:28
- XV: Fifteen Miles from Cape Bathurst 3:52:39
- XVI: Two Shots 4:07:52
- XVII: The Approach of Winter 4:25:41
- XVIII: The Polar Night 4:44:04
- XIX: A Neighbourly Visit 5:05:12
- XX: Mercury Freezes 5:26:01
- XXI: The Large Polar Bears 5:40:21
- XXII: Five Months More 6:02:30
- XXIII: The Eclipse of the 18th July 1860 6:21:02
- Part II: I: A Floating Fort 6:43:46
- II: Where Are We? 6:55:59
- III: A Tour of the Island 7:13:10
- IV: A Night Encampment 7:32:13
- V: From July 25th to August 20th 7:50:31
- VI: Ten Days of Tempest 8:09:19
- VII: A Fire and a Cry 8:25:07
- VIII: Mrs. Paulina Barnett’s Excursion 8:45:29
- IX: Kalumah’s Adventures 9:08:44
- X: The Kamchatka Current 9:26:18
- XI: A Communication from Lieutenant Hobson 9:43:52
- XII: A Chance to Be Tried 10:01:34
- XIII: Across the Ice Field 10:19:46
- XIV: The Winter Months 10:35:00
- XV: The Last Exploring Expedition 10:51:32
- XVI: The Breakup of the Ice 11:14:18
- XVII: The Avalanche 11:31:34
- XVIII: All at Work 11:44:36
- XIX: Bering Sea 12:04:08
- XX: In the Offing 12:20:34
- XXI: The Island Becomes and Islet 12:32:46
- XXII: The Four Following Days 12:43:25
- XXIII: On a Piece of Ice 12:54:47
- XXIV: Conclusion 13:14:30
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Lieutenant Hobson is an officer employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company, tasked with the mission of traveling to the Arctic Circle and building an outpost there in order to collect valuable furs.
After a long voyage, the Lieutenant and his party settle on a small peninsula and build a modest fort. Though initially successful, the colony soon finds itself in grave danger when an earthquake severs their settlement from the mainland.
Written during a period in which the fur trade was an important economic enterprise and the northern regions of America were still unexplored, The Fur Country follows the attempts of colonial settlers to claim and subdue “savage” territories. Like many of Verne’s books, this novel blends a fictional narrative with a real scientific background.