Farthest North - Volume 1

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03092-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 652 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 906 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration

Originally published in 1897, this two-volume work chronicles the polar expedition of Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), who came closer than any previous explorer to the North Pole. Beginning on board his boat, the Fram, which was deliberately driven into pack-ice off Siberia in order to drift north, Nansen and his companions later resorted to sleds and kayaks. Running to over six hundred pages, Volume 1 includes descriptions of the expedition's preparation and equipment, the farewell to Norway and voyage through the Kara Sea, ending with the party's second autumn on the ice. The Fram served as an oceanographic-meteorological-biological laboratory during its time in the Arctic and Nansen eventually published six volumes of scientific observations. He later became Norwegian delegate to the League of Nations, directing humanitarian projects, and is famous for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 as well as for his polar achievements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nansen, Fridtjof

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten

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.