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1898 Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Illustrated with fourteen plates, and map, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A biographical study of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen, also a renowned polar explorer. This informative study of Nansen's life and explorations includes discussions of his crossing of the Greenland interior, the Fram expedition, Nansen's home and Arctic sports. The first man to cross the Greenland interior, and a pioneering arctic explorer, Nansen traversed the island on cross-country skis, with his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influencing a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. Written by J. Arthur Bain, a British author of several biographical books. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from the Natural History Museum Library.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Small marks to the cloth with minor fading. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Residue from the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown.
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