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Nansen, Fridtjof

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Arctic explorer, born at Froen, near Christiania, son of a Norwegian advocate; explored the seas in a scientific interest round Spitzbergen in 1882, and crossed Greenland in 1888, conceived the idea of reaching the Polar regions by following the Polar ocean currents; sailed in the Fram , a ship specially constructed for a Polar voyage, in 1893, and on his return wrote an account of his expedition in "Farthest North" in 1897; b . 1861.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nansen, Fridtjof'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​n/nansen-fridtjof.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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