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. Running to
over six hundred pages, Volume 1 includes descriptions of the
expedition's preparation and equipment, the farewell to Norway and
voyage through the Kara Sea, ending with the party's second autumn
on the ice. The Fram served as an
oceanographic-meteorological-biological 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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