Nansen (Fridtjof) FARTHEST NORTH With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the 'Fram' About

With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the 'Fram'

About one hundred and twenty full page and numerous text illustrations sixteen coloured plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches etched portrait, photogravures and maps.

First English Edition: 2 volumes. Vol 1 xv, 510 pages, frontispiece portrait, 2 folding colour maps, numerous black and white illustrations and coloured plates, vol. 2 xv, 671 pages, frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, black and white illustrations and colour plates, light foxing on several pages, bookbinder's ticket on the front paste-down end paper in both volumes, marbled edges, half red leather with decorative gilt and black title labels gilt on the spines,with matching red boards- the back cover of volume 2 is slightly damaged, a good set.

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) Many consider Fridtjof Nansen to be one of the greatest men Norway has ever nurtured. Even during his lifetime he became a legend; he was the personification of a great hero; the first among sportsmen, explorers, research workers, statesmen and humanitarians. Long after his death millions continued to remember him as the foremost exponent of human compassion.

Nansen, who in 1897 had become professor of Oceanography at the University of Oslo, gradually became more and more interested in marine research and became holder of the Chair in Oceanography in 1908, a scientific sphere which he pioneered.

His written account of the voyage and exploration of the Fram, «Farthest North», directed towards a wide public, was a universal success and he was invited to give lectures about the expedition in all the distinguished geographical societies. The fame he had earned, and the authority he commanded, were to be of the greatest value to him in solving the important tasks which lay ahead, but which would be of quite another nature compared with those with which he was occupied at the turn of the century.http://frammuseum.no/polar_history/explorers/fridtjof_nansen__1861-1930