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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... SNOW - SHOES 317 SKETCH BY E. WERENSKIOLD 323 VON TOLL'S EXPEDITION TO THE NEW SIBERIA ISLANDS 333 AT URASSALACH 338 THE FRAM IN BERGEN 359 SCOTT HANSEN 362 JACOBSEN ; HENDRIKSEN 364 MOGSTAD 365 AMUNDSEN ; NORDAL . 368 JOHANSEN JUELL ...
... SNOW - SHOES 317 SKETCH BY E. WERENSKIOLD 323 VON TOLL'S EXPEDITION TO THE NEW SIBERIA ISLANDS 333 AT URASSALACH 338 THE FRAM IN BERGEN 359 SCOTT HANSEN 362 JACOBSEN ; HENDRIKSEN 364 MOGSTAD 365 AMUNDSEN ; NORDAL . 368 JOHANSEN JUELL ...
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... snow - shoeing , which was at that time thought unwomanly and even improper . housewife , she was one of those who know every nook and corner of the house from attic to cellar - active , managing , ready with her hands and not afraid of ...
... snow - shoeing , which was at that time thought unwomanly and even improper . housewife , she was one of those who know every nook and corner of the house from attic to cellar - active , managing , ready with her hands and not afraid of ...
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... snow - shoeing on every side , great forests close at hand , and , only some two miles and a half away , an excellent school , one of the best in Christiania . These two miles and a half were reckoned a mere nothing in the Nansen ...
... snow - shoeing on every side , great forests close at hand , and , only some two miles and a half away , an excellent school , one of the best in Christiania . These two miles and a half were reckoned a mere nothing in the Nansen ...
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... snow - shoes , and his first great leap : NANSEN AS A BOY 6 I am not speaking of the very first pair of all- they were precious poor ones , cut down from cast - off snow- shoes which had belonged to my brothers and sisters . They were ...
... snow - shoes , and his first great leap : NANSEN AS A BOY 6 I am not speaking of the very first pair of all- they were precious poor ones , cut down from cast - off snow- shoes which had belonged to my brothers and sisters . They were ...
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... snow - shoes from Fabritius - a pair of red - lacquered ash snow - shoes with black stripes . And there was a long staff too , with shining blue - lacquered shaft and knob . I used these snow- shoes for ten years . It was on them I made ...
... snow - shoes from Fabritius - a pair of red - lacquered ash snow - shoes with black stripes . And there was a long staff too , with shining blue - lacquered shaft and knob . I used these snow- shoes for ten years . It was on them I made ...
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