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Nansen: The Explorer as Hero

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Nansen: The Explorer as Hero
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roland Huntford
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:624
Dimensions(mm): Height 233,Width 156
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Geographical discovery and exploration
ISBN/Barcode 9780715628430
ClassificationsDewey:910.92
Audience
General
Edition New edition
Illustrations 24pp plates

Publishing Details
Publisher Duckworth Overlook
Imprint Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Publication Date 24 September 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is a biography of the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, the father of modern polar exploration. The author, Roland Huntford, has also written biographies of Shackleton, and Scott and Amundsen.