First Crossing of Greenland: The Gamble that Launched Arctic Exploration - Softcover
After the successful publication of his biography (1998) and his brilliant polar journal Farthest North (2000), Nansen has in the past years recaptured his reputation as 'a modern Viking' (Daily Mail) which he enjoyed a century ago. This book is an abridgement of the two volumes of journals he edited of his daring crossing of the icy, treacherous snow plains of Greenland. At the time, before his famous arctic journey, no one had ever succeeded in penetrating the depths of Greenland. His ideas for crossing, upwards with dogs which would be eaten on the way, and downwards by skiing, were received with scathing contempt as contemporary thinking favoured large expeditions with numerous servants for survival.
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Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), spiritual mentor to Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton, single-handedly made polar expeditions as popular as they are now. Drawn to extremes, obstinate and a restless Faustian character, he was probably the most intelligent explorer of his age and a gifted writer, scientist and diplomat who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.
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- PublisherGibson Square Books Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 190393303X
- ISBN 13 9781903933039
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