Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)

Date:
1896-1897
Reference:
MS.7486/66-68
Part of:
Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Map of Nansen's drift across the Polar pack in the Fram, taken from a French magazine, n.d. (no.66); cutting from a French periodical summarising the year 1896/7, including Nansen's voyage and the 1897 attempt on the Pole by Salomon Andrée (1854-1897), 1897 (no.67); cutting from Science containing announcement of the death of Hjalmar Johansen (1867-1913), Nansen's companion in his attempt on the Pole and a member of Amundsen's South Pole expedition, 1913 (no.68).

Publication/Creation

1896-1897

Physical description

3 items

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

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