FARTHEST NORTH, BEING A RECORD OF A VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP "FRAM" 1893-96 AND OF A FIFTEEN MONTHS' SLEIGH JOURNEY BY DR. NANSEN AND LIEUT. JOHANSON (TWO VOLUMES); Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram

Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1897

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Octavos, 6.5 in. x 9.5 in., pp. 587 (Volume I); pp. 729 (Volume II). Illustrated with "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Color Plates in Fascimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches (with tissue guards), Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps." Gray-green cloth boards with gilt, green, red, and silver rope design and gilt title to covers, and gilt title to spines. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to extremities of both volumes. Untrimmed pages. Books lightly shaken. Four maps, laid in and stored in pockets on front and rear pastedowns of Volume I. All four maps in very good plus condition. Light age-toning to pages. Half-circle offset stain to edges of both front and rear endpapers from half-circle cutaway to map pocket in front pastedown endpaper of Volume I. "Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, humanitarian, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was born on October 10, 1861 in Store Frøen, near Oslo, Norway and was one of three children. Nansen's childhood was shaped by his surroundings. Swimming and fishing were the main activities during the short, Norwegian summers. During the winter, hunting game in the forest and skiing became the chief pastimes. In school, he excelled in science and drawing. He entered the University of Oslo in 1881 and decided to major in zoology because it would enable him to spend more time outside in the open air. In 1882 he had an opportunity to sail to Greenland aboard the sealing vessel Viking. During the four-month trip, he took notes on winds, ocean currents, ice movements, and animal life, including seals and bears. His thorough notes were accompanied by finely detailed sketches. After he returned to Norway, he was offered the post of curator of the natural history collection at the Bergen Museum. He accepted the job and spent six years of intensive study at the museum. His chosen field of study was the central nervous system of lower marine creatures. For many years, Nansen had been thinking about a plan to cross Greenland. The interior of the great island had never been explored. His daring plan involved crossing from the uninhabited east to the inhabited west. This meant that once his party was put ashore, there would be no turning back. The party of six left for the expedition in June of 1988. The sealing ship Jason took them from Iceland to the east coast of Greenland. For two months the party braved temperatures as low as -49° F (-45° C) and climbed as high as 9,000 feet (2,743 meters) above sea level. They emerged on the west coast of Greenland in October of 1888. The difficult trip revealed important information about the island's interior. The expedition returned to Norway and the men were treated as national heroes. Nansen spent the next four years as curator of the Zootomical Institute at the University of Oslo. During this time he published several articles and began planning a scientific expedition to the arctic. He believed that an east-west current existed that could carry a ship close to the North Pole. His plan was to sail a strong ship north until it froze in the ice, and then ride the ice pack west toward the pole. He would then use sleds to attempt to reach the North Pole. Nansen spent three years preparing for the journey. An unusually strong ship was built called the Fram. In June 1893 the party of twelve left with enough provisions for six years. The ship sailed east and entered the ice pack off the coast of Siberia. The well-designed ship held up against the ice and they floated in the current westward toward the pole. For nearly two years the ship floated in the ice pack. On March 14, 1895 Nansen and one other crewmember left the ship on a sled and made their way north towards the pole. After traveling 140 miles (225 km), they made it as far as 86°14', closer than anyone else had ever come, before turning back. They finally returned in August, 1896. Their ship, the Fram, arrived one week later after a journey of over three.

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FARTHEST NORTH, BEING A RECORD OF A VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP "FRAM" 1893-96 AND OF A FIFTEEN MONTHS' SLEIGH JOURNEY BY DR. NANSEN AND LIEUT. JOHANSON (TWO VOLUMES); Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram
Autor
Nansen, Fridtjof
Verlag
Harper & Brothers, New York
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1897
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Hardcover
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First Edition.
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