Farthest North - Being Record of a Voyage of Exploration of Ship Fram, 1893 96, of a

Klappentext First published in 1897! this two-volume travel account chronicles Fridtjof Nansen's unsuccessful expedition to the North Pole. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1897, this two-volume work chronicles the expedition of Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), who came closer than any previous explorer to the North Pole. Nansen's boat was deliberately driven into pack-ice off Siberia in order to drift north; the expedition later resorted to sleds and kayaks. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Preparations and equipment; 3. The start; 4. Farewell to Norway; 5. Voyage through the Kara Sea; 6. The winter night; 7. The spring and summer of 1894; 8. Second autumn in the ice.

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• Authors: Fridtjof Nansen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108030922
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03092-2
• No. of pages: 652
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration; Farthest North 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Polar regions, Arctic regions, Classic Travel Writing, Historical Geography