Nansen

Book Description: Abacus, United Kingdom, 2001. Soft cover. Book Condition: New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 019008

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Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 196 x 126 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before the leap into space began. Nansen was a prime illustration of Carlyle's dictum that 'the history of the world is but the biography of great men'. He was not merely a pioneer in the wildly diverse fields of oceanography and skiing, but one of the founders of neurology. A restless, unquiet Faustian spirit, Nansen was a Renaissance Man born out of his time into the new Norway of Ibsen and Grieg. He was an artist and historian, a diplomat who had dealings with Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, and played a part in the Versailles Peace Conference, where he helped the Americans in their efforts to contain the Bolsheviks. He also undertook famine relief in Russia. Finally, working for the League of Nations as both High Commissioner for Refugees and High Commissioner for the Repatriation of Prisoners of War, he became the first of the modern media-conscious international civil servants. Bookseller Inventory # AA29780349114927

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Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group, 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from UK. Bookseller Inventory # GB-9780349114927

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Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Nansen, Roland Huntford, Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before the leap into space began. Nansen was a prime illustration of Carlyle's dictum that 'the history of the world is but the biography of great men'. He was not merely a pioneer in the wildly diverse fields of oceanography and skiing, but one of the founders of neurology. A restless, unquiet Faustian spirit, Nansen was a Renaissance Man born out of his time into the new Norway of Ibsen and Grieg. He was an artist and historian, a diplomat who had dealings with Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, and played a part in the Versailles Peace Conference, where he helped the Americans in their efforts to contain the Bolsheviks. He also undertook famine relief in Russia. Finally, working for the League of Nations as both High Commissioner for Refugees and High Commissioner for the Repatriation of Prisoners of War, he became the first of the modern media-conscious international civil servants. Bookseller Inventory # B9780349114927

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Book Description: LITTLE BROWN UK, 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from US within 10 to 14 business days. Established seller since 2000. Bookseller Inventory # KB-9780349114927

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Book Description: Abacus, London, 2001. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 7011512

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Book Description: 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 127mm x 51mm x 196mm. 750 pages. 0.499. Bookseller Inventory # 9780349114927

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 138573

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Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: New. 0349114927 Brand New. Bookseller Inventory # Z0349114927ZN

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