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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... regions . If it be objected that he has not reached . the Pole itself , let me simply refer to his own words before the Royal Geographical Society , cited upon page 282 of this volume . To stand upon the axis of the earth is in itself ...
... regions . If it be objected that he has not reached . the Pole itself , let me simply refer to his own words before the Royal Geographical Society , cited upon page 282 of this volume . To stand upon the axis of the earth is in itself ...
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... regions about the Petschora . But the ice was too much for him . He had to make up his mind to winter at Kola . Here he received a commission from the Czar of Russia , and undertook , by imperial order , an exploration of the coast of ...
... regions about the Petschora . But the ice was too much for him . He had to make up his mind to winter at Kola . Here he received a commission from the Czar of Russia , and undertook , by imperial order , an exploration of the coast of ...
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... regions about the Petschora . But the ice was too much for him . He had to make up his mind to winter at Kola . Here he received a commission from the Czar of Russia , and undertook , by imperial order , an exploration of the coast of ...
... regions about the Petschora . But the ice was too much for him . He had to make up his mind to winter at Kola . Here he received a commission from the Czar of Russia , and undertook , by imperial order , an exploration of the coast of ...
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... regions , Borealia . ' C 6 Borealia , ' he says , is the common name of all the countries lying northward of Europe , Asia and America , right up to the North Pole , some of which are little known to us , and some not at all , on ...
... regions , Borealia . ' C 6 Borealia , ' he says , is the common name of all the countries lying northward of Europe , Asia and America , right up to the North Pole , some of which are little known to us , and some not at all , on ...
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... region was first discovered by the Russians , and being quite barren , is now abandoned . " 6 The Compendium Cosmographicum ' became a popular handbook , so much read by seafaring men and others , that four editions were exhausted in ...
... region was first discovered by the Russians , and being quite barren , is now abandoned . " 6 The Compendium Cosmographicum ' became a popular handbook , so much read by seafaring men and others , that four editions were exhausted in ...
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