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Farthest North - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey (Paperback)
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Farthest North - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration, Volume 2
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Originally published in 1897, this two-volume work chronicles the
polar expedition of Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen
(1861-1930), who came closer than any previous explorer to the
North Pole. Beginning on board his boat, the Fram, which was
deliberately driven into pack-ice off Siberia in order to drift
north, Nansen and his companions later resorted to sleds and
kayaks. Volume 2 describes the journey over the ice - setting out
with 28 dogs, 3 sledges and 2 kayaks - and ends with an account of
the return journey. (It also includes Captain Otto Sverdrup's
report of the expedition.) The Fram served as a laboratory during
its time in the Arctic, and Nansen eventually published six volumes
of scientific observations. He later became Norwegian delegate to
the League of Nations, directing humanitarian projects, and is
famous for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 as well as for
his polar achievements.
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