Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893
Title:
Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893
JLCTITLE245:
by W.C. Brögger and Nordahl Rolfsen ; translated by William Archer.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1893. English
Publication Information:
London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans, Green and Co., 1896 (London : Spottiswoode and Co.)
Physical Description:
x, 402 pages, [11] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, portraits, 3 color maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
"With numerous illustrations and maps."
Abstract:
Biography to the time of commencement of the first Fram expedition, 1893-96.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 387-402).
Personal Subject:
Personal Name:
John S. Edwards donor
Herbert Janice Harvis donor
Content Time Period:
d1861 d1893
Variant Title:
Cover title: Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1893
Contents:
Ancestry -- Childhood -- Nordmarken -- In the Polar Sea -- In Bergen -- In Naples -- Fridtiof Nansen as a biologist / by Gustaf Retzius -- Greenland -- Great ice age -- Nansen's Greenland expedition, preparations, plan, equipment -- Across Greenland -- Scientific significance of the Greenland expedition -- Eva Nansen: an ill-starred interview / by Nordahl Rolfsen -- Arctic expeditions from the earliest times / by Aksel Arstal -- Contributions of Norwegian seamen to Arctic geography / by professor H. Mohn -- With the current -- At home and abroad -- Baron E. von Toll and the Nansen Expedition -- New Siberia and the North Pole / by Baron Edward von Toll -- On board the Fram / by W.C. Brögger.