In the face of much discouragement from other polar explorers, in 1893, nansen took his ship fram to the new siberian islands in the eastern arctic ocean, froze. Fridtjof nansens most popular book is farthest north. They quickly became known as nansen passports for their promoter, the norwegian statesman and polar explorer fridtjof nansen. The arctic polar regions are much more accessible than those of the antarctic, as continental land masses extend to high latitudes and sea voyages to the regions are relatively short. Fridtjof nansens farthest north septentrio academic publishing. Nansens fram expedition was an attempt by the norwegian explorer fridtjof nansen to reach the geographical north pole by harnessing the natural eastwest current of the arctic ocean. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Download theboundlessdeep ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. He led the team that made the first crossing of the greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on crosscountry skis. Originally published in 1897, this twovolume work chronicles the polar expedition of norwegian scientist fridtjof nansen 18611930, who came closer than any previous explorer to the north pole. In 1893 fridtjof nansen set sail for the north pole in the fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel north with the seas drift. Provides an account of the threeyear arctic voyage to the north pole and the teams struggle against snowdrifts, ice floes, polar bears, scurvy, and hunger, and their accomplishment of travelling farther.
Nansen passports, originally and officially stateless persons passports, were internationally recognized refugee travel documents from 1922 to 1938, first issued by the league of nations to stateless refugees. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years. Beginning on board his boat, the fram, which was deliberately driven into packice off siberia in order to drift north, nansen and his companions. In particular, the fifteen months sleigh journey undertaken by fridtjof nansen and hjalmar johansen is adventurous. Farthest north describes the most northerly latitude reached by explorers before the conquest of the north pole rendered the expression obsolete. Download onepantorulethemall ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub. The long outofprint farthest north, one of the first titles in the librarys exploration series, recounts dr.
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Ebook nansen as pdf download portable document format. Ii by fridtjof nansen free ebook frdtjof book chronicles fartthest polar expedition of nansen and his crew aboard the schooner fram. In 1893 fridtjof nansen set sail for the north pole in the fram, a ship specially. To ask other readers questions about farthest north, please sign up. Farther north than nansen being the voyage of the polar. Nansen, fridtjof, 18611930 travel arctic regions category. End of farthest north, volume number by fridtjof nansen. Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram 18931896 and of a fifteen months sleigh journey by dr. Cambridge core historical geography farthest north by fridtjof nansen.
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The project gutenberg ebook of farthest north, by fridtjof nansen this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. I being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram 18931896 language. The book chronicles the 18931896 polar expedition of nansen and his crew aboard the schooner fram. Fridtjof wedeljarlsberg nansen 10 october 1861 may 1930 was a norwegian explorer, historian, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and a nobel peace prize winner. The project gutenberg ebook of farthest north, by fridtjof nansen this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions. If outside magazine had been around during the first turn of the century, fridtjof nansen would have been its no. Farthest north, first published in 1897 to great popular acclaim, is the stirring, firstperson. Being the voyage of the polar star make you sexier one study has shown that intelligence, even fake intelligence, is one of the strongest attraction factors among humans, especially in women. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the greenland interior in 1888, crosscountry skiing on the island, and won international fame. Octavo, original giltstamped pictorial bluegreen cloth, uncut. From 1922 to 1927, nansen was the league of nations high commissioner for refugees.
So maybe its good to drag the book in time and time. Fridtjof nansen was a norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and nobel peace prize laureate. Nansens later life upon nansens return to norway in 1896, he was appointed professor of zoology at christiania university. The chicago suntimes in september of 1893, norwegian zoologist fridtjof nansen and crew manned the schooner fram, intending to drift, frozen in the arctic packice, to the north pole. Fridtjof nansens 156th birthday today we celebrate legendary adventurer fridtjof nansen, who explored the worlds unknown terrain and broke new ground as an international humanitarian. Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram, 189396 and of a fifteen months sleigh journey by dr. The chicago suntimes in september of 1893, norwegian zoologist fridtjof nansen and crew manned the schooner fram, intending to drift, frozen in the arctic packice, to the north. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Pdf being an exploration account from the 19th century, farthest north is on the one hand an objective account based on facts and details. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before. Within months he embarked on an extended victory tour to promote farthest north, his haunting account of the odyssey.
Fridtjof nansen has 98 books on goodreads with 7250 ratings. Ii being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram 18931896 note. The water that falls on you from nowhere download ebook. Farthest north, being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram 189396. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any. Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram, 189396, and of a fifteen months sleigh journey. First of all, i briefly went through the whole theory of our undertaking, and its history from the beginning, laying stress on the idea on which my plans had been.
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