Farthest North: The Greatest Arctic Adventure Story

by Fridtjof Nansen, Fergus Fleming (Introduction)

Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783342457
Publisher:	Gibson Square
Publication date:	02/06/2024
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Fridtjof Nansen was the very first Arctic explorer, scientist, Nobel Prize winner and celebrity who engineered the peaceful secession of Norway from Sweden. The daring adventure story in Farthest North was the spark of inspiration for the world-famous Arctic explorers who came after him - Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen among them.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction II. Preparations and Equipment III. The Start IV. Farewell to Norway V. Voyage Through the Kara Sea VI. The Winter Night VII. The Spring and Summer of 1894 VIII. Second Autumn in the Ice The Sledge Journey IX. We Prepare for the Sledge Expedition X. The New Year, 1895 XI. We Make a Start XII. We Say Good-bye to the Fram XIII. A Hard Struggle XIV. By Sledge and Kayak XV. Land at Last XVI. The New Year, 1896 XVII. The Journey Southward Conclusion: by Fridtjof Nansen Endnotes List of Equipment Used for the Sledge Journey