Travel by author in 1913. › Find signed collectible books by 'Fridtjof Nansen' English. Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930: Contributor: Sverdrup, Otto Neumann, 1854-1930: Title: Farthest North, Vol. If you are a fan of Arctic and Antarctic adventure stories then this is one you don't want to miss. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. The letters that passed between father and son during this period strikingly evince the … Through Siberia,: The land of the future by Nansen, Fridtjof and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Fridtjof Nansen Biographical F ridtjof Nansen (October 10, 1861-May 13, 1930) was born at Store Frøen, near Oslo. The book provides a brief but complete overview of all of Nansen’s many contributions to Norway and the international community. Fridtjof Nansen’s most popular book is The Works of Fridtjof Nansen. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. By 1942, they were honoured by governments in 52 countries. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (Norwegian: [ˈfɾɪ̂tːjɔf ˈnɑ̀nsn̩]; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater.
Books by author Fridtjof Nansen at Boomerang Books, Australia's Online Independent Bookstore - Page 1 0 Reviews. Fridtjof Nansen. Nansen's narrative stands with the best writing on polar exploration. From 1922 to 1927, Nansen was the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . The long out-of-print Farthest North, one of the first titles in the library's Exploration series, recounts Dr. Fridtjof... Free shipping over $10. His father, a prosperous lawyer, was a religious man with a clear conception of personal duty and moral principle; his mother was a strongminded, athletic woman who introduced her children to outdoor life and encouraged them to develop physical skills.
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, historian, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. A tale that touches on the importance of curiosity, perseverance, …
Through Siberia, the Land of the Future. In writing this work, reissued here in the two-volume English translation of 1911, the celebrated Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) returned to many of the original sources.
Project Gutenberg; 61,598 free ebooks; 9 by Fridtjof Nansen; Farthest North, Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen. Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian polar explorer (A Noble Prize winner -among many other things) who had a crazy scientific idea that no one believed it. 20 b/w photographs. The Modern Library has unearthed a classic. Download; Bibrec; Bibliographic Record . In September of 1893, Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and a crew manned the schooner Fram, intending to drift, frozen in the Arctic pack-ice, to the North Pole. Learning from previous failed attempts, Nansen suggested crossing from the uninhabited east to the inhabited west of Greenland, an innovation that proved successful. Nansen's intention was to drift, locked in the ice, to the North Pole. Author: Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930 ... Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930 -- Travel -- Arctic regions Category: Text: EBook-No. Sign in Account & Lists Account & Lists Returns & Orders Try Prime Cart. W. Heinemann, 1914 - Siberia (Russia) - 477 pages. Farthest North: Nansen, Fridtjof, Otto Neumann Sverdrup: Amazon.com.au: Books.
The great explorer Fridtjof Nansen left Norway in 1893 on the Fram, a ship especially designed to withstand the pressure of the frozen northern sea. In this book, Nansen tells the tale of this idea not sparing the This is the second time I read this book. Accounts of the earliest exploration of the Arctic are scattered through many literatures. The first Nansen passports were issued following an international agreement reached at the Intergovernmental Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees, convened by Fridtjof Nansen in Geneva from July 3, 1922 to July 5, 1922 in his role as High Commissioner for Refugees for the League of Nations.