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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... hunter and the lumberman , their daring and headlong spirits . He is a typical east- country boy . But at the same time there is systematic intention in the training to which he subjects himself ; 46 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
... hunter and the lumberman , their daring and headlong spirits . He is a typical east- country boy . But at the same time there is systematic intention in the training to which he subjects himself ; 46 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
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... east and one goes west , or vice versa -there would be no time to rectify the mistake . It is no mere question of a hare more or less , or of a passing dis- appointment to the noble ambition of the sportsman - great 54 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF ...
... east and one goes west , or vice versa -there would be no time to rectify the mistake . It is no mere question of a hare more or less , or of a passing dis- appointment to the noble ambition of the sportsman - great 54 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF ...
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... East Passage , and is now seal - hunting . It lies there proudly in the moonlight with its airy rigging . Fridtiof Nansen looks with reverence at the famous ship , while the crew about him put in their word in their own way . That's the ...
... East Passage , and is now seal - hunting . It lies there proudly in the moonlight with its airy rigging . Fridtiof Nansen looks with reverence at the famous ship , while the crew about him put in their word in their own way . That's the ...
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... east . Next day they take the longitude and see , to their con- sternation , that they are 1310 E. It is unheard of that there 1 At the end of March the seals calve , and the taking of the young seals is the first concern . That done ...
... east . Next day they take the longitude and see , to their con- sternation , that they are 1310 E. It is unheard of that there 1 At the end of March the seals calve , and the taking of the young seals is the first concern . That done ...
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... East Greenland at 66 ° 50 ' N. latitude , and remained drifting about for a month in the very middle of the best sealing season . Another lost game for the Viking ; but for Nansen these were in every respect the most memorable days of ...
... East Greenland at 66 ° 50 ' N. latitude , and remained drifting about for a month in the very middle of the best sealing season . Another lost game for the Viking ; but for Nansen these were in every respect the most memorable days of ...
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