
audiobook
by Charles B. (Charles Billings) Stilson
Introduction
CHAPTER I - THE GOLDEN STRANGER
CHAPTER II - THE LONG BLACK ROAD TO ADLAZ
CHAPTER III - THE KING JUDGES
CHAPTER IV - "DEAD MEN ARE BEHIND US"
CHAPTER V - WHERE THE ILLIA MEETS THE SEA
CHAPTER VI - ZOAR OF THE AMALOCS
CHAPTER VII - POLARIS MAKES HIS CHOICE
CHAPTER VIII - BEL-AR HEARS THE DRUMS
CHAPTER IX - THE COMING OF THE BEASTS
Polaris Janess, a man raised in the stark Antarctic wilds, sets out from the frozen sea with a single purpose: to deliver his late father’s scientific journals to the National Geographic Society in Washington. Guided by a loyal dog team, he stumbles upon Rose Emer, an American heiress lost from an expedition, and together they are forced to confront the relentless ice. Their journey carries them into a hidden valley warmed by volcanoes, where a remnant of ancient Greece—Sardanes—thrives against all odds.
In Sardanes, Polaris and Rose encounter a civilization that clings to myth and tradition while wrestling with a looming natural threat. A seasoned volcanologist, Zenas Wright, warns that the valley’s life‑giving fires are dying, prompting a daring plan to rescue the isolated people. As the crew of the cruiser Minnetonka joins the quest, the expedition turns into a race against time, camaraderie, and the unforgiving southern seas.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (423K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: New Publications, Inc.,1917,copyright 1950.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Jan 7, 2022
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1880–1932
A journalist, editor, and early pulp storyteller, he helped shape the energetic lost-world and adventure fiction that filled Frank A. Munsey’s magazines in the 1910s. His best-known work centers on the Arctic hero Polaris, mixing exploration, fantasy, and early science-fiction thrills.
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