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Farthest north, volume i fridtjof nansen 1861 1930 being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship fram, 189396 and of a fifteen months sleigh journey by dr. In the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography, flaherty captured the struggles of the inuk nanook and his family in the canadian arctic. Farthest north book by fridtjof nansen thriftbooks. In the face of much discouragement from other polar explorers, in 1893, nansen took his ship fram to. Each part consists of iv, 48, vviii pages with adverts to front and rear, black and white photos, diagrams and maps, pages numbers are continuous throughout the publications, part 1 has a coloured plate towards rear entitled evening among the driftice. In 1893 nansen set sail in the fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the seas drift closer to the north pole than anyone had ever gone before. Nansen, first known for his exploration on crosscountry skis, turned his attention to. Odd nansen is also credited with being cofounder of unicef.
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Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In august 1895, he and stoker hjalmar johansen battled to 86 degrees north on maplewood skis, just 230 miles short of the pole. Nanook of the north also known as nanook of the north. Pdf being an exploration account from the 19th century, farthest north is on the one hand an objective account based on facts and details. This is the story of nansen s attempt to reach the north pole, an expedition that occurred over the period of 18931896. Farthest north first edition fridtjof nansen bauman. Nansen, first known for his exploration on crosscountry skis, turned his attention to helping refugees and prisoners of war during.
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