Fridtjof Nansen
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Discovery, Exploration
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Scientists, Explorers, Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Relief, Asylum, Refugees
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, Scandinavian History
Article abstract: Nansen was a major Arctic explorer, an accomplished scientist, an outstanding statesman, and world-renowned for his humanitarian services to advance the rights of the oppressed and war refugees.
Early Life
Fridtjof Nansen, with his brother Alexander and a number of half brothers and sisters, grew up several miles from Christiania in a rural paradise, one with wooded areas, near lakes where they learned to swim and where, in the winter, they skated on the ice. His father, Baldur Nansen, was a lawyer of unswerving integrity, reputed to...
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