How long does it take to read An Antarctic Mystery?
An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1899. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mr. Jeorling, desperate to leave the Kerguelen Islands and return to his home town in Connecticut, insists on leaving with the first ship that arrives to the island. Although not initially favorable to the idea, Captain Len Guy of the Halbrane eventually agrees to transport Mr. Jeorling to Tristan D'Cunha. On the voyage, the captain confides to Mr. Jeorling that his brother, Captain William Guy, was the captain of the Jane Guy—the very ship that was supposedly fiction in Edgar Allan Poe's The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym! As the voyage continues, Captain Len Guy becomes determined to sail the Southern Seas to search for and save his brother—if he is still alive. Beyond Tsalal Island, mutiny ferments in the ranks of the men, and the hazards of the southern seas confront the crew constantly. Soon it becomes clear, their own lives are at risk. In a marriage of survival and discovery, the crew unexpectedly discovers something else—the fate of the Jane Guy and her crew, but will they live to tell about it?
Subjects: travel, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Science fiction, Discovery and exploration, Fiction
