Fridtjof Nansen in the Frozen World: The Fram Expedition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410209830 ISBN 13: 9781410209832

Publisher: University Press of the Pacific, 2003

Synopsis

To quote the lengthy title page when this book was originally published in 1897: "The 'Fram' Expedition, Nansen in the Frozen World, preceded by a biography of the great explorer and copious extracts from Nansen's First Crossing of Greenland; also an account by Elvind Astrup of life among people near the pole, and his journey across northern Greenland with Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, United States Navy, arranged and edited by S. L. Berens, Cand. Ph.D. Followed by a brief history of the principal earlier arctic explorations from the Ninth Century to the Peary Expedition, including those of Cabot, Frobisher, Bering, Sir John Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Nordenskjold, Nareds, Schwatka, DeLong, Greely, and others; by John E. Read, Assistant Editor of the Columbian Cyclopedia.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410209830
• ISBN 13: 9781410209832
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 536
• Editor: Berens S L