Farthest North
Author | : Fridtjof Nansen |
Publisher | : Gibson Square |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-11-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 1783342455 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781783342457 |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Download or read book Farthest North written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by Gibson Square. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures and drift to the North Pole as a scientific experiment to prove that the polar cap was a sheet of ice floating on the oceans. Experts said that such a mission was tantamount to suicide. His disappearance for three years created such a media sensation that when he was found paddling back to civilisation dressed in walrus skin his stirring first-person account of the expedition's historic achievements became an instant international bestseller, the first of its kind!