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FARTHEST NORTH: VOLUME 1
BEING THE RECORD OF A VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP FRAM, 1893-96, AND OF A FIFTEEN MONTHS' SLEIGH JOURNEY |
| By: |
Fridtjof Nansen |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1139014064 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781139014069 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 November, 2011 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration |
| Description: |
First published in 1897, this two-volume travel account chronicles Fridtjof Nansen's unsuccessful expedition to the North Pole. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
95 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 2 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |