Author: Fridtjof Nansen
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The memoirs by Fridtjof Nansen tell about the epoch-making attempt to reach the North Pole, which ended in the farthest northern journey in the history of his time. Fridtjof Nansen had an extraordinary idea of how to get to the North Pole by ship. After discovering that the remains of the boat, wrecked near Russian Siberia, were found in the Northern Atlantic, he presumed that there should be some drift through the North Pole. So, he developed a specifically customized ship that was frozen into an ice cube and crossed the Polar waters in this shape. The vessel did freeze successfully. Yet, the journey was too long, and Nansen left the ship to reach the Pole on skis. He and his companion Hjalmar Johansen left for the pole but didn't manage to get it. However, they were the first people to achieve the farthest north latitude of 86°13.6′N. The story tells about this challenging journey through snow and waters makes a unique record of one of the most incredible northern expeditions.
Farthest North (Vol. 1&2)
Author: Fridtjof Nansen
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The memoirs by Fridtjof Nansen tell about the epoch-making attempt to reach the North Pole, which ended in the farthest northern journey in the history of his time. Fridtjof Nansen had an extraordinary idea of how to get to the North Pole by ship. After discovering that the remains of the boat, wrecked near Russian Siberia, were found in the Northern Atlantic, he presumed that there should be some drift through the North Pole. So, he developed a specifically customized ship that was frozen into an ice cube and crossed the Polar waters in this shape. The vessel did freeze successfully. Yet, the journey was too long, and Nansen left the ship to reach the Pole on skis. He and his companion Hjalmar Johansen left for the pole but didn't manage to get it. However, they were the first people to achieve the farthest north latitude of 86°13.6′N. The story tells about this challenging journey through snow and waters makes a unique record of one of the most incredible northern expeditions.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The memoirs by Fridtjof Nansen tell about the epoch-making attempt to reach the North Pole, which ended in the farthest northern journey in the history of his time. Fridtjof Nansen had an extraordinary idea of how to get to the North Pole by ship. After discovering that the remains of the boat, wrecked near Russian Siberia, were found in the Northern Atlantic, he presumed that there should be some drift through the North Pole. So, he developed a specifically customized ship that was frozen into an ice cube and crossed the Polar waters in this shape. The vessel did freeze successfully. Yet, the journey was too long, and Nansen left the ship to reach the Pole on skis. He and his companion Hjalmar Johansen left for the pole but didn't manage to get it. However, they were the first people to achieve the farthest north latitude of 86°13.6′N. The story tells about this challenging journey through snow and waters makes a unique record of one of the most incredible northern expeditions.
Cornell's Intermediate Geography
Author: Sophia S. Cornell
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Primary Geography
Author: Adolph Steinwehr
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Catalogue
Author: Boston University
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Colton's Common School Geography
Author: Joseph Hutchins Colton
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Farthest North
Author: Fridtjof Nansen
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1602392374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
In September of 1893, Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and crew manned the schooner Fram, intending to drift, frozen in the Arctic pack-ice, to the North Pole. When it became clear that they would miss the pole, Nansen and companion Hjalmar Johansen struck off by themselves. Racing the shrinking pack-ice, they attempted, by dog-sled, to go farthest north. They survived a winter in a moss hut eating walruses and polar bears, and the public assumed they were dead. In the spring of 1896, after three years of trekking, and having made it to within four degrees of the pole, they returned to safety. Nansen's narrative stands with the best writing on polar exploration.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1602392374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
In September of 1893, Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and crew manned the schooner Fram, intending to drift, frozen in the Arctic pack-ice, to the North Pole. When it became clear that they would miss the pole, Nansen and companion Hjalmar Johansen struck off by themselves. Racing the shrinking pack-ice, they attempted, by dog-sled, to go farthest north. They survived a winter in a moss hut eating walruses and polar bears, and the public assumed they were dead. In the spring of 1896, after three years of trekking, and having made it to within four degrees of the pole, they returned to safety. Nansen's narrative stands with the best writing on polar exploration.
Bulletin of the Department of Labor
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for ...
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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