First published in English in 1890, this book by Norwegian explorer
and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861 1930) recounts the first
crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, an expedition that took
two months. 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
account was translated by Hubert Majendie Gepp and includes an
introduction written by J. Scott Keltie, secretary of the Royal
Geographical Society. Volume 1 describes the initial stages of the
journey including detailed descriptions of the equipment, methods
used for crossing the ice and the arrival of the party on the East
coast of Greenland. Volume 2 begins with the party leaving the East
coast for the West, including lengthy descriptions of the climate
and encounters with Inuit peoples, and includes an appendix of the
scientific discoveries of the expedition.
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