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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... , ' wrote Nares , I must , in jus- tice to the gallant men whom I commanded , express my firm 1 Kane , op . cit . vol . i . p . 305 . 6 6 conviction that it was due solely to the fact that 246 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
... , ' wrote Nares , I must , in jus- tice to the gallant men whom I commanded , express my firm 1 Kane , op . cit . vol . i . p . 305 . 6 6 conviction that it was due solely to the fact that 246 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
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... most northerly coasts The second of the name ; the first was Bylot and Baffin's . 2 Nares , Voyage to the Polar Sea , vol . i . p . 126 . of the known world , east and west of the ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES 247.
... most northerly coasts The second of the name ; the first was Bylot and Baffin's . 2 Nares , Voyage to the Polar Sea , vol . i . p . 126 . of the known world , east and west of the ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES 247.
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... of cold , hunger , sickness , and helplessness , would convey an adequate idea of the horrors of an Arctic disaster . 1 Nares , op . cit . vol . i . p . 325 . 6 On June 6 , 1884 , Lieutenant Greely sentenced 250 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
... of cold , hunger , sickness , and helplessness , would convey an adequate idea of the horrors of an Arctic disaster . 1 Nares , op . cit . vol . i . p . 325 . 6 On June 6 , 1884 , Lieutenant Greely sentenced 250 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF NANSEN.
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... the most northern land ever reached by civilised man ; and if we take into account 1 Greely , Three Years of Arctic Service , vol . i . chap . xxv . the results of Scoresby's , Parry's , and Nordenskiöld's explo- 252 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF ...
... the most northern land ever reached by civilised man ; and if we take into account 1 Greely , Three Years of Arctic Service , vol . i . chap . xxv . the results of Scoresby's , Parry's , and Nordenskiöld's explo- 252 LIFE OF FRIDTIOF ...
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