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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Page 97
... inland ice . ' Yet it is in reference to this tour that Nansen writes to his father , grumbling because people call it foolhardy . Either he must be stupid , or else other people must be tremendously wise ; why should this little ...
... inland ice . ' Yet it is in reference to this tour that Nansen writes to his father , grumbling because people call it foolhardy . Either he must be stupid , or else other people must be tremendously wise ; why should this little ...
Page 125
... ice - crust , to which he gave the name of the Inland Ice . This information came just at an opportune moment for science . At that very time - about the middle of the present century - people were beginning to grasp the idea that ...
... ice - crust , to which he gave the name of the Inland Ice . This information came just at an opportune moment for science . At that very time - about the middle of the present century - people were beginning to grasp the idea that ...
Page 128
... inland ice ; and they travel at no such a slow pace either . Whereas Sexe found 128 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
... inland ice ; and they travel at no such a slow pace either . Whereas Sexe found 128 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
Page 129
... inland ice . 6 It is no small quantity of ice that these frozen rivers carry to the sea . The bulk of ice which is calved ' or thrown . off by the glaciers has been estimated by Rink at more than 300 million cubic metres annually ; and ...
... inland ice . 6 It is no small quantity of ice that these frozen rivers carry to the sea . The bulk of ice which is calved ' or thrown . off by the glaciers has been estimated by Rink at more than 300 million cubic metres annually ; and ...
Page 130
... ice which glide seawards in the form of glaciers along their entire coast . This , however , is not the case . The Greenlander himself has a superstitious terror of the inland ice . It is the home of his evil spirits , his ghosts , his ...
... ice which glide seawards in the form of glaciers along their entire coast . This , however , is not the case . The Greenlander himself has a superstitious terror of the inland ice . It is the home of his evil spirits , his ghosts , his ...
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