Northern Waters - Captain Roald Amundsen s Oceanographic Observations in Arctic Seas

Nansen's 1906 work supplies technical details, diagrams and maps based on Roald Amundsen's oceanographic data from the Arctic seas.

List of contents

1. Introductory remarks; 2. Instruments; 3. Distribution of temperature, salinity, and density on the sea surface; 4. The cold and heavy bottom-water of the Barents Sea; 5. The waters of the northern Norwegian sea and the east Greenland coastal current; 6. The formation of the bottom-water of the Norwegian sea; 7. The bottom-water of the north polar basin; Postscript; Tables; Plates.

About the author

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis.

Summary

The explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) encouraged and supported the 1901 Arctic voyage of his fellow Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), publishing this account of its oceanographic findings in 1906. The detailed observations made on the voyage are accompanied by diagrams and maps.

Product details

• Authors: Fridtjof Nansen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781108070829
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07082-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas)