Research Catalog

Title

Nansen : explorer and humanitarian / Marit Fosse and John Fox.

Author

Fosse, Marit

Publication

• Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, 2016.
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

Fox, John, 1943-

Description

x, 134 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Visionary, explorer, researcher, diplomat, humanist―Fridtjof Nansen was no ordinary man. Nansen was a dedicated scientist who made an outstanding contribution to marine zoology and oceanography, an audacious adventurer who pushed our knowledge of the Arctic to new frontiers, and an indefatigable savior of human beings displaced by conflict. As a young man Nansen led two successful polar expeditions and became a national hero, participating in the birth pangs of his country―Norway. As a respected international elder statesman he began a new career in 1919 by bringing home hundreds of thousands of prisoners-of-war from the remotest corners of Europe and Siberia. He created the "Nansen Passport" for stateless people under his responsibility and sought to give the Armenian people a secure homeland. For his efforts in favor of prisoners of war, famine relief and Russian refugees, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.--Back cover.

Subject

• Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930
• 1914-1922
• Explorers > Norway > Biography
• Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0761865780
• 9780761865780

OCLC

• 903675244
• SCSB-12230325

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library