Farthest North by Fergus Fleming
In 1893, Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the Polar ice cap, withstand the pressure of the ice and drift to the Pole. Experts said that such a mission was suicide, but this is the first-person account of this historic success.
Still an adolescent, Nansen brought arctic exploration within the realm of possibilities with his sensational shoestring expedition (1888) to the forbidding glaciers of Greenland. It made him world-famous and the inspiration for those who came after him, Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen. A scientist, celebrity and unlikely nineteenth-century sex-symbol, he went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his refugee work.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903933091 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903933099 |
| Title | Farthest North |
| Author | Fergus Fleming |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gibson Square Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-12-19 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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