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Farthest North. - Review - book review
Contemporary Review, Feb, 2001
Farthest North. Fritjof Nansen. Duckworth. [pound]25.00. 508 pages. ISBN 0-7156-3031-8. This biography is an abridged version of the 1897 book describing the journey to the North Pole of the famous nineteenth century Norwegian explorer. It was a first-hand account told in his own words and over 100 years later it has lost none of its excitement.
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Nansen's idea was to freeze a specially designed vessel into the Arctic pack ice and drift with the pack toward the Pole. In the end he abandoned his ship and walked toward the Pole, his stated objective. While he failed to reach it he did proceed further north than any man before him. He returned a hero and his ventures took on a epic quality, enshrined in his recollection. This latest edition has an introduction by Nansen's biographer, Roland Huntford.
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