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1	Farthest North more books like this by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist Nansen's three-year expedition to the North Pole with the Fram marked the beginning of the modern age of exploration. This book is an account, by Freidtjof Nansen, of that expedition. It describes his plan, ridiculed by his peers, to allow the specially designed Fram to become frozen in the treacherous pack ice of the Arctic Oceans. Drifting with ... see all copies from $5.69! new only from $14.80! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Farthest North: The Epic Adventure of a Visionary Explorer more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist "If "Outside" magazine had been around during the first turn of the century, Fridtjof Nansen would have been its No. 1 cover boy."--"The Chicago Sun-Times" In September of 1893, Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and crew manned the schooner "Fram," intending to drift, frozen in the Arctic pack-ice, to the North Pole. When it became clear that ... see all copies from $4.94! new only from $11.11!
3	The Voyage of the Discovery, Volume II: Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 more books like this by Robert Falcon Scott, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (Preface by), Ross MacPhee (Introduction by) add to wishlist Reproducing the extremely rare first work by the famed arctic explorer, these books are the first-hand account of Capt. Scott's record-breaking expedition to the South Pole, lasting from 1901 to 1904. see all copies from $14.93! new only from $14.93! \| first editions
4	First Crossing of Greenland more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist Over the history of polar exploration towers one titanic father figure - Fridtjof Nansen. That a little known researcher in neurology from Bergen Museum was able to put together one of the first great journeys of exploration of our time is a tribute to the extraordinary force and magnetism of his personality. That he should show such extraordinary ... see all copies from $15.17! new only from $15.56! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Voyage of the Discovery, Volume I: Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 more books like this by Robert Falcon Scott, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (Preface by), Ross MacPhee (Introduction by) add to wishlist Reproducing the extremely rare first work by the famed arctic explorer, these books are the first-hand account of Capt. Scott's record-breaking expedition to the South Pole, lasting from 1901 to 1904. see all copies from $3.87! new only from $17.50! \| first editions
6	Through Siberia: The Land of the Future more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $30.74! new only from $30.74! \| first editions
7	Eskimo life more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist "For one whole winter we were cut off from the world and immured among the Greenlanders. I dwelt in their huts, took part in their hunting, and tried, as well as I could, to live their life and learn their language. ..."- Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) see all copies from $13.44! new only from $13.44! \| first editions \| SVS
8	In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $52.00! new only from $88.00! \| first editions
9	The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expecition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 more books like this by Roald E Amundsen, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (Foreword by), Roland Huntford (Introduction by) add to wishlist Ronald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen's expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the Pole first, but -- due to poor preparation and miscalculation -- died with the rest of his party on their return ... see all copies from $42.79! new only from $42.79!
10	Adventure, and other papers. more books like this by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $29.27! first editions
11	Fridtjof Nansen in the Frozen World: The Fram Expedition more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, S L Berens (Editor) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $36.51! new only from $36.51! \| SVS
12	Northern Waters: Captain Roald Amundsen's Oceanographic Observations in the Arctic Seas in 1901 (1906) more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist With A Discussion Of The Origin Of The Bottom Waters Of The Northern Seas. see all copies from $15.81! new only from $15.81!
13 view cover	First crossing of Greenland : the expedition that launched modern polar exploration more books like this by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist First successful crossing of Greenland whose reliance on skis was the launching pad for modern polar expeditions by Nansen, Scott and Amundsen. 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) ... see all copies from $9.90! new only from $18.50!
14 view cover	Farthest North: The Voyage and Exploration of the Fram 1893-96 more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set off on one of the greatest journeys of exploration ever undertaken. The remarkable three-year project involved building a special ship, designed to ride out the savage pressure of the ice, to sail round the north of Russia into the Kara and Laptev Seas and then, using his intuition as to arctic currents, deliberately ... see all copies from $80.20!
15 view cover	The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-96. Scientific Results: Vol. 5 more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $135.70! SVS
16	Learning English. Orange Line 2. New. Practice Book. Mit Cd. (Lernmaterialien) by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $63.81!
17	The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment: The Nansen Centennial Volume more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $68.00!
18	Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96 more books like this by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup add to wishlist see all copies from $19.95! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Through the Caucasus to the Volga more books like this by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist FRIDTJOF NANSEN ... TOP-. THROUGH THE CAUCASUS TO THE VOLGA Translated by G. G. WHEELER ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK W W NORTON COMPANY, ING Publishers From a sketch made at Geneva, 1929 PREFACE The journey described in this book was made in the summer of 19255 and was the continuation of the one described in an earlier book, Armenia and the Near East ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $30.88! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Norway and the Union with Sweden by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist NORWAY AND THE UNION WITH SWEDEN FRIDTJOF NANSEN MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY All rights reserved RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E. G., AND EUNGAY, SUFFOLK. First Edition, June, 1905 Reprinted June ami July, 1905 PREFACE IN order to understand the differences, which, especially of late, have reached ... see all copies from $14.35! new only from $14.35! \| SVS
21	Hunting and adventure in the Arctic more books like this by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $29.50! first editions
22	In Northern Mists; Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Nansen Fridtjof add to wishlist see all copies from $21.10! new only from $21.10!
23	In Nacht Und Eis by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $32.71! first editions
24	Farthest north; being a record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen month's sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johannsen more books like this by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00! first editions
25	In Nacht Und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit Einem Beitrag Von Kapitän Sverdrup. Band 3, Supplement: Wir Framleute/Von Bernhard Nordahl. Nansen Und Ich Auf 86°14'/Von Hjalmar Johansen (1867-1913) by Fridtjof Nansen add to wishlist see all copies from $31.99! new only from $31.99!

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