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020 _a9781139015028 (ebook)
020 _z9781108031103 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
100 1 _aNansen, Fridtjof,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe First Crossing of Greenland.
_nVolume 2 /
_cFridtjof Nansen, Translated by Hubert Majendie Gepp.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1890.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (542 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Polar Exploration
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aFirst published in English in 1890, this book by Norwegian explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) recounts the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, an expedition that took two months. Learning from previous failed attempts, Nansen suggested crossing from the uninhabited east to the inhabited west of Greenland, an innovation that proved successful. Nansen's account was translated by Hubert Majendie Gepp and includes an introduction written by the secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume 2 begins with the party setting out for the west, and includes lextensive descriptions of the climate and encounters with Inuit peoples. The book closes with the party reaching the west coast and journeying home. Volume 2 also includes an appendix of the scientific discoveries of the expedition. Nansen, who later served as delegate to the League of Nations, was awarded the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian endeavours.
700 1 _aGepp, Hubert Majendie,
_etranslator.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108031103
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pPolar Exploration.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139015028
999 _c515107
_d515105