Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 402 pages Biographical accounts up to the time of commencement of the first Fram expedition, 1893-96. |
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... Nansen's latest enterprise . I could not but wonder , here and there , whether Fate might not already have written an ironic comment on some of their serenely confident forecastings . Events have entirely put to shame my apprehensions ...
... Nansen's latest enterprise . I could not but wonder , here and there , whether Fate might not already have written an ironic comment on some of their serenely confident forecastings . Events have entirely put to shame my apprehensions ...
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... Nansen has at one stride enormously reduced the unconquered dis- tance , and has demonstrated the justice of his theory as to the right way of attacking the problem . Nor is this the crown . of his achievement . As the Duke of ...
... Nansen has at one stride enormously reduced the unconquered dis- tance , and has demonstrated the justice of his theory as to the right way of attacking the problem . Nor is this the crown . of his achievement . As the Duke of ...
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... NANSEN AS A BIOLOGIST . BY GUSTAF RETZIUS . 112 • 123 • 139 VIII . GREENLAND IX . THE GREAT ICE AGE . X. NANSEN'S GREENLAND EQUIPMENT XI . ACROSS GREENLAND EXPEDITION - PREPARATIONS - PLAN- • 159 • 178 XII . THE SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE ...
... NANSEN AS A BIOLOGIST . BY GUSTAF RETZIUS . 112 • 123 • 139 VIII . GREENLAND IX . THE GREAT ICE AGE . X. NANSEN'S GREENLAND EQUIPMENT XI . ACROSS GREENLAND EXPEDITION - PREPARATIONS - PLAN- • 159 • 178 XII . THE SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE ...
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... NANSEN'S STUDY LIV FRIDTIOF NANSEN . From a Drawing by E. Werenskiold THE LAUNCH OF THE FRAM OTTO SVERDRUP Frontispiece To face page 210 212 99 99 215 222 19 99 288 99 311 366 HANS NANSEN BARON CHRISTIAN FREDERIK VILHELM WEDEL ...
... NANSEN'S STUDY LIV FRIDTIOF NANSEN . From a Drawing by E. Werenskiold THE LAUNCH OF THE FRAM OTTO SVERDRUP Frontispiece To face page 210 212 99 99 215 222 19 99 288 99 311 366 HANS NANSEN BARON CHRISTIAN FREDERIK VILHELM WEDEL ...
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... NANSEN AND SVERDRUP IN THE CANVAS BOAT . Bust by Lessing SIVERT KRISTIAN TOBIESEN EDWARD HOLM JOHANNESEN NANSEN ON THE ICE ( Summer Dress ) NANSEN ON THE ICE ( Winter Dress ) . SKETCH BY E. WERENSKIOLD 113 153 159 • • 179 · • 183 192 ...
... NANSEN AND SVERDRUP IN THE CANVAS BOAT . Bust by Lessing SIVERT KRISTIAN TOBIESEN EDWARD HOLM JOHANNESEN NANSEN ON THE ICE ( Summer Dress ) NANSEN ON THE ICE ( Winter Dress ) . SKETCH BY E. WERENSKIOLD 113 153 159 • • 179 · • 183 192 ...
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