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Nansen, Fridtjof - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0834811.html

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Arctic Expeditions. Career as a Statesman and Humanitarian.

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Nansen, Fridtjof (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/N/Nansen-F.html

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1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, scientist, statesman, and humanitarian. The diversity of Nansen's interests is shown in his writings, which include Eskimo Life (1893), Closing-Nets for Vertical Hauls and for Vertical Towing (1915), Russia & Peace (1923), and Armenia and the Near East (1928).

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Kapustin-Arctica Antarctica philatelia - Russian
URL: http://kapustin.boom.ru/journal/vize.htm

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Биография Нансена.

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History of geology--Nansen - English
URL: http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/nansen/nansen.htm

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Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, statesman, and humanitarian. His early schooling was in Christiania, and he entered Christiania University in 1880, where he studied zoology. In 1882, he was appointed curator of zoology at the Bergen Museum, and he received the Ph.D. in 1887 from Christiania University. He had a great love for nature and was an athlete and artist.

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HERO'S HERO: FRIDTJOF NANSEN - English
URL: http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=fridtjof

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by Susannah Abbey.

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Fridtjof Nansen - Biography - English
URL: http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1922/nansen-bio.html

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In school Nansen excelled in the sciences and in drawing and, upon entering the University of Oslo in 1881, decided to major in zoology. In the next fifteen years he united his athletic ability, his scientific interests, his yearning for adventure, and even his talent for drawing in a series of brilliant achievements that brought him international fame.

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A Photographic Archive of Fridtjof Nansen's Life and Work - English
URL: http://www.nb.no/baser/nansen/english.html

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Odin - Fridtjof Nansen - English
URL: http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990458/index-dok000-b-n-a.

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The world claimed Fridtjof Nansen, but he was firmly rooted in Norway. He was born into a family with a distinguished record of public service. The outstanding qualities of leadership and the compelling urge to probe the unknown had already been strongly evident in his ancestors.

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Fridtjof Nansen Biography - English
URL: http://www.mnc.net/norway/Nansen.htm

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The world claimed Fridtjof Nansen, but he was firmly rooted in Norway. He was born into a family with a distinguished record of public service. The outstanding qualities of leadership and the compelling urge to probe the unknown had already been strongly evident in his ancestors. On the maternal side of his family was Count Wedel Jarlsberg, commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army at the time when Christian V was king of both Denmark and Norway.

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The Fridtjof Nansen Institute Website - English
URL: http://www.fni.no/

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Нансен Фритьоф - Russian
URL: http://www.zoohall.com.ua/findex.php?page=http://zoohall.com.ua/leftframes/ecolo

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(1861-1930) — норвежский океанограф, исследователь Арктики, почетный член Петербургской АН. Один из организаторов Международного совета по изучению морей. Установил характер ледяного покрова Гренландии, пройдя ее на лыжах в 1888. В 1893-96 плавал на судне «Фрам» в высоких широтах Арктики, провел океанограф, и климат, наблюдения, открыл влияние вращения Земли на дрейф льдов. В 1913 плавал вдоль берегов Азии к устью Енисея, затем путешествовал по Вост. Сибири и Дальнему Востоку.

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