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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... EXPEDITION - PREPARATIONS - PLAN- • 159 • 178 XII . THE SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREENLAND EXPEDITION 201 XIII . EVA NANSEN - AN ILL - STARRED INTERVIEW . BY NORDAHL ROLFSEN • • 210 XIV . ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES ...
... EXPEDITION - PREPARATIONS - PLAN- • 159 • 178 XII . THE SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREENLAND EXPEDITION 201 XIII . EVA NANSEN - AN ILL - STARRED INTERVIEW . BY NORDAHL ROLFSEN • • 210 XIV . ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES ...
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... EXPEDITION PUISORTOK UNDER SAIL IN THE MOONLIGHT - CREVASSES AHEAD !. 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 ...
... EXPEDITION PUISORTOK UNDER SAIL IN THE MOONLIGHT - CREVASSES AHEAD !. 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 ...
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... expedition to the borders of that Promised follows : 1 Land he has himself written as I showed no great intrepidity on my first voyage of discovery , although it went no farther than to Sörkedal . ' I was somewhere about ten or eleven ...
... expedition to the borders of that Promised follows : 1 Land he has himself written as I showed no great intrepidity on my first voyage of discovery , although it went no farther than to Sörkedal . ' I was somewhere about ten or eleven ...
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... expedition , each with his provision wallet . on his back - each one , that is to say , except Fridtiof Nansen . But when they got to the first resting - place he unbuttoned his jacket and took out of his breast pocket- concealed deep ...
... expedition , each with his provision wallet . on his back - each one , that is to say , except Fridtiof Nansen . But when they got to the first resting - place he unbuttoned his jacket and took out of his breast pocket- concealed deep ...
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... expedition . This ought to be the very thing for Nansen . He is an expert sportsman and a good shot - why should he not go to the Arctic regions on board a sealing vessel , make his observations , keep a record , and train himself for ...
... expedition . This ought to be the very thing for Nansen . He is an expert sportsman and a good shot - why should he not go to the Arctic regions on board a sealing vessel , make his observations , keep a record , and train himself for ...
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