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Nansens fram expedition of 18931896 was an attempt by the norwegian explorer fridtjof nansen to reach the geographical north pole. It provides a good level of detail for nansens expedition to. Today we remember norwegian explorer, scientist, and nobel peace prize laureate fridtjof nansen, who was born on this day in 1861 in oslo, norway. Store froen, norway frontispiece from in northern mists. The royal norwegian navy launched the first of a series of five fridtjof nansen class frigates in 2004, with hnoms fridtjof nansen as its lead ship. He studied zoology in school, which enabled him to combine his scientific interests, his athletic abilities and his sense of adventure in his work.
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Farthest north being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram 189396 and of a fifteen months sleigh journey by dr. Nansen s success as an explorer was due to his careful evaluation of difficulties and risks, thorough planning, and meticulous attention to detail. The epic adventure of a visionary explorer nansen, fridtjof on. An attempt to reach the north pole by using the natural drift of the polar ice in the ship fram, carrying fuel and provisions for twelve men for five years. Fridtjof nansen was a norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and nobel peace shortly after his return he learned that his farthest north record had been passed, by members of the duke of the abruzzis italian expedition. 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. Beginning on board his boat, the fram, which was deliberately driven into packice off siberia in order to drift north, nansen and his companions later resorted to sleds and kayaks. Shortly after his return he learned that his farthest north record had been. Oct 16, 2009 my hero fridtjof nansen by sara wheeler. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. In august 1895, he and stoker hjalmar johansen battled to 86 degrees north on maplewood skis, just. Farthest north being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram, 189396, and of a fifteen months sleigh journey by dr. Fridtjof nansen 18611930 norwegian explorer, oceanographer, statesman, and humanitarian who led a number of expeditions to the arctic 1888, 1893, 189596 and oceanographic expeditions in the north atlantic 1900, 191014. Fridtjof nansen was a norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and nobel peace.
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The epic adventure of a visionary explorer kindle edition by fridtjof nansen. Just a life the story of fridtjof nansen was released, a 1968 norwegiansoviet biographical film with knut wigert as nansen. A champion skier and ice skater in his youth, nansen had a passion for adventure from a young age. 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. I mars 1895 foretok fridtjof nansen sammen med en ledsager en hasardios skiferd med hundesleder i forsoket pa a komme til. In two volumes with frontispieces in color, and over one hundred and fifty illustrations in blackandwhite nansen, fridtjof arthur g. Octavo, original giltstamped pictorial bluegreen cloth, uncut. Ett av bildene fra ekspedisjonen med polarskipet fram mot nordpolen i perioden 24 juni 1893 til august 1896. Download mp3 files for each chapter of this book in one zip file. Farthest north by fridtjof nansen free ebook manybooks. There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes. Fram which means forward is perhaps the most famous ship in norways long seafaring history, and an icon of polar exploration.
Farthest north by fridtjof nansen free at loyal books. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Mostly, but not limited to, naturethemed art and illustration. Norways fridtjof nansen was a pioneer of polar exploration. 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. End of farthest north, volume number by fridtjof nansen. Farthest north by fridtjof nansen volume number, chapter number, chapter title, part number for the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer. This north east passage had been the goal of explorers since the. Through siberia, the land of the future by fridtjof nansen. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. The english translation, titled farthest north, came out the same year.
Johansen with an appendix by otto sverdrup, captain of the fram. Farthest north being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram 18931896 vol. 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. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Farthest north volume 1 fridtjof nansen audiobook and. Recording by your name, city, your blog, podcast, web address at the end of each volume, say in addition. And ironically, one of the weaknesses of this book seems to take a lot of time to become one of its great strengths. Fridtjof nansens farthest north, volume i of ii nansen, fridtjof on. Nansen s later life upon nansen s return to norway in 1896, he was appointed professor of zoology at christiania university.