Author:Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen

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Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen
(1861–1930)

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Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "F. N."

Works

The First Crossing of Greenland (1892) (start transcription)
"Towards the North Pole" in The Strand Magazine, 6 (36) (1893).
Eskimo Life (1893) (start transcription)
- reviewed on November 19, 1893, in the New York Times: Nansen's Study of Eskimo Life
Farthest North (first English edition 1897) (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
Adventure, and Other Papers
Northern Waters: Captain Roald Amundsen's Oceanographic Observations in the Arctic Seas in 1901 (1904) (external scan)
Norway And The Union With Sweden (1905) (start transcription)
The Norwegian North polar expedition, 1893-1896; scientific results (1906) (start transcription)
In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (1911) (start transcription)
Through Siberia. The Land of the Future (1914) with Arthur G. Chater (1866–1951) (start transcription)
Hunting and adventure in the Arctic (1925)
Armenia and the Near East (1928)
Through The Caucasus To The Volga (1931) (external scan)

Edited and contributed to The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896: Scientific Results (1904)

Contributions to EB1911

"Greenland," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
"Polar Regions," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

"A Day's Hunting with the Eskimos" in Popular Science Monthly, 46 (February 1895)

Works about Nansen

"Nansen, Fridtjof," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Berens, S.L., Fridtjof Nansen in the Frozen World: The Fram Expedition (1898) (start transcription)
"Nansen", a poem by Florence Earle Coates.
Review of The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896: Scientific Results. Vol. I in: The Zoologist, 4th series, vol 4, issue 706 (April, 1900), p. 192-194.
Life and explorations of Fridtjof Nansen (1897) by James Arthur Bain (start transcription)
With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96 (1899) by Hjalmar Johansen (start transcription)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1930, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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