Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North

Fridjtof Nansen

Random House Publishing Group, 12 maj 2000 - 544 sidor

In 1893 Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the sea's drift closer to the North Pole than anyone had ever gone before. Experts said such a ship couldn't be built and that the voyage was tantamount to suicide.

This brilliant first-person account, originally published in 1897, marks the beginning of the modern age of exploration. Nansen vividly describes the dangerous voyage and his 15-month-long dash to the North Pole by sledge. An unforgettable tale and a must-read for any armchair explorer.

Innehåll

• Introduction: 3
• Preparations and Equipment: 25
• The Start: 38
• Farewell to Norway: 48
• Voyage Through the Kara Sea: 62
• The Winter Night: 102
• The Spring and Summer of 1894: 182
• Second Autumn in the Ice: 210
• We Prepare for the Sledge Expedition: 235
• The New Year 1895: 246
• We Make a Start: 261
• We Say Goodbye to the Fram: 274
• A Hard Struggle: 285
• By Sledge and Kayak: 311
• Land at Last: 337
• The New Year 1896: 377
• The Journey Southward: 389
• APPENDIX Report of Captain Otto Sverdrup on the Drifting of the Fram from March 14 1895: 435
• June 22 to August 15 1895: 452
• Conclusion by Dr Nansen: 487
• Index: 493

Om författaren

Fridjtof Nansen (1861–1930) was an Arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. Born in Norway in 1861, Nansen studied zoology at the University of Christiania (now Oslo). He led the first expedition to cross the Greenland ice cap in 1888, and in 1893 undertook a new adventure to sail to the New Siberian Islands from Norway. The journey took him and colleague Frederik Hjalmar Johansen farther north than anyone in recorded history, a three-year voyage documented in his 1897 book Farthest North. In 1922, Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts following World War I: heading Norway's delegation to the League of Nations, overseeing the repatriation of war prisoners, advocating for refugees, and many more humanitarian causes. In addition to writing several accounts of his experiences in oceanography, he also wrote books dealing with affairs of the state, including Norway and the Union with Sweden, Russia and Peace, Armenia and the Near East, and Through the Caucasus to the Volga.

Bibliografisk information

• Titel: Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North; Modern Library Exploration
• Författare: Fridjtof Nansen
• Utgivare: Random House Publishing Group, 2000
• ISBN: 0375505334, 9780375505331
• Längd: 544 sidor