Nansen

Pages: 800
Published: 1997
Language: English

Fridtjof Nansen was a towering figure of the early twentieth century, influencing polar explorers like Amundsen and Shackleton. This biography explores his pioneering work in oceanography, skiing, and neurology, alongside his roles as an artist, historian, and diplomat who engaged with figures like Lenin and Stalin. Nansen's later career saw him become a crucial international civil servant, leading famine relief efforts and working for the League of Nations as High Commissioner for Refugees and Repatriation of Prisoners of War.

Prose complexity: 7/10

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Authors

Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton

British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.

Roland Huntford

Roland Huntford (born 1927) is an author, principally of biographies of Polar explorers. He lives in Cambridge, and was formerly Scandinavian correspondent of The Observer, also acting as their winter sports correspondent. He was the 1986–1987 Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College. He has written biographies of Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen; these biographies have been the subject of controversy. Huntford's controversial The Last P...