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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... 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 . BY AKSEL ARSTAL 224 XV . THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ...
... 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 . BY AKSEL ARSTAL 224 XV . THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ...
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... scientific talent are his salient characteristics in the public eye , he has also , as we shall see in due time , a strong taste for literature and art , combined with marked ability as a popular author . But whatever uncertainty there ...
... scientific talent are his salient characteristics in the public eye , he has also , as we shall see in due time , a strong taste for literature and art , combined with marked ability as a popular author . But whatever uncertainty there ...
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... scientific studies . A Peer Gynt can conceive the plan of flooding the Sahara with the waters of the Atlantic , 1 but the man who is to do it is not content with the luminous idea of his fertile brain . And it is just this immutable ...
... scientific studies . A Peer Gynt can conceive the plan of flooding the Sahara with the waters of the Atlantic , 1 but the man who is to do it is not content with the luminous idea of his fertile brain . And it is just this immutable ...
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... his choice of a He was entered as a cadet at the military academy , but the nomination was cancelled when he finally resolved to career . continue his scientific studies . He never contemplated going into 48 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
... his choice of a He was entered as a cadet at the military academy , but the nomination was cancelled when he finally resolved to career . continue his scientific studies . He never contemplated going into 48 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
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Waldemar Christopher Brøgger, Nordahl Rolfsen. continue his scientific studies . He never contemplated going into the medical profession , but had at one time an idea of taking the first part of the medical examination . It ended ...
Waldemar Christopher Brøgger, Nordahl Rolfsen. continue his scientific studies . He never contemplated going into the medical profession , but had at one time an idea of taking the first part of the medical examination . It ended ...
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