FARTHEST NORTH: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Month's Sleigh Journey By Dr Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram by Nansen, Fridtjof - 1897

Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. Very Good. Very Good. 1st Edition; Full Title: "FARTHEST NORTH: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Month's Sleigh Journey By Dr Nansen and Lieut Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram with about 120 full page and numerous text illustrations, sixteen coloured plates in facsimile from Dr Nansen's own sketches, etched portrait, photogravures and maps". Vol I x, 510pages; Vol II xi, [1], 671pages. Original green cloth covers with gilt titling and a vignette of the Fram on Vol I and sledge scene Vol II. Shelfware, bumped, slight softening, splitting of spines, Vol I, small repaired tear to one of the folding maps Vol I, but all 4 maps present (2 per volume). Plate opposite 284 loose but ALL coloured plates present both volumes. Old sellotape marks and browning to front end papers, some spotting, mainly to page edges, contents clean. Fridtjof Nansen (October 10, 1861 - May 13, 1930) was born in Store Frøen, Oslo. He made his first voyage to Greenland waters in a sealing ship in 1882, and in 1888-89 succeeded in crossing the Greenland icefield on skis from East to West. In 1893, he sailed to the Arctic in the Fram (a purpose-built, round-hulled ship later used by Roald Amundsen to transport his expedition to Antarctica), which was deliberately allowed to drift north through the ice, a journey that took more than three years. When it was apparent that Fram would not reach the North Pole, Nansen, accompanied by Hjalmar Johansen (1867-1923), continued north on foot and reached 86° 14´ N, the highest latitude then attained. The two men were forced to spend the winter, surviving on walrus blubber and polar bear meat, on Frans Josef's Land, where they eventually connected with a British expedition. Nansen was professor of zoology and oceanography at the University of Christiania (now Oslo) and Norwegian ambassador in London 1906-08. After World War I, Nansen became League of Nations high commissioner for refugees, in which capacity he originated the Nansen passport for refugees. For this work he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1923. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2616. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.