{"id":693,"date":"2010-12-09T20:51:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T20:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=693"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T14:13:10","slug":"fridtjof-nansen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/fridtjof-nansen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fridtjof Nansen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nansen (Oct. 10, 1861-May 13, 1930) grew up nearby Christiania (now Oslo), where his interests in expeditions and the outdoors blossomed.\u00a0 At age 2, Fridtjof was on skis and later skates.\u00a0 He broke the world record for skating one mile and for 12 consecutive years won the cross-country skiing championship in Norway.\u00a0 As a boy, Fridtjof would spend his summers fishing and swimming, while in the autumn and winter he would hunt for game in the forests.<\/p>\n

In 1881, at 20 years old, Fridtjof started his studies at the University of Christiania.\u00a0 It wasn’t long before he went on his first sea vogage on a sealer called Viking to study arctic zoology.\u00a0 Nansen and his team\u00a0proved\u00a0their hunting abilities by shooting 200 seal.\u00a0 Towards the end of the expedition, Viking became lodged in the ice.\u00a0 Upon\u00a0the ship’s dislodging, Nansen decided not to resume his studies at the University of Christiana, but rather accept the position of curator at the Bergen Museum, where he was to serve 6 years.\u00a0 Nansen’s main interest lay in the neuroanatomy of the central nervous system of lower marine creatures.\u00a0 He is well known for his contributions to modern neurology.<\/p>\n

After his time as curator of the Bergen Museum, Nansen began to get serious about his expeditions.\u00a0 He was part of a team that\u00a0crossed Greenland and with\u00a0a different team he reached a record 86 degrees on their North Pole Expedition-Fram.\u00a0 From thousands of people interested in the voyage, Nansen chose 12 crew members.\u00a0 The ship departed on June 24, 1893 from Christiania.\u00a0 After Fram reached 83 degrees, Nansen decided that he and Hjalmar Johansen would leave the crew on Fram and travel by dog sleds to the pole.\u00a0\u00a0 In order to feed the healthy dogs, the pair would have to kill the weakest dog (very unpleasant to think about…)\u00a0 After months and months of exploration and an incident with walruses attacking their kayaks, the 2 finally had to camp out for the winter in a hut that they built.\u00a0 They had bear, seal, and walrus to eat.\u00a0 After months more, they were met by a\u00a0British explorer, who took Nansen and Johansen on board and dropped them off at the port city of Vardoe, Norway on August 13, 1896.\u00a0 In case you forgot when they started, it was 1893-that’s 3 years.\u00a0 I can’t even imagine!<\/p>\n

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Fram journey map<\/p><\/div>\n

Fridtjof Nansen was not only a courageous polar explorer, but a politician and humanitarian as well.\u00a0 In 1905, he helped Norway’s effort to become independent from Sweden by convincing Prince Charles of Denmark to take the throne.\u00a0 From 1906-1908, nansen\u00a0served as government representative in London and in 1921 he was the League of Natiobns High Commissioner for Refugees.\u00a0 In 1922, Nansen received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with displaced WWI victims and victimes of\u00a0other conflicts.\u00a0 He even created what became known as the “Nansen Passport” for stateless persons-the first refugee travel document.\u00a0 The international\u00a0“Nansen Passport” is recognized by 50 + countries.\u00a0 After Nansen’s death in 1930, the Nansen International Office for Refugees was established.\u00a0 In 1938 the office was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n

I would have liked to meet Mr. Nansen.\u00a0 Not only was he a handsom lad, but such a dedicated scientist, explorer,\u00a0diplomat, and humanitarian who laid his mark on the polar\u00a0region and\u00a0the entire world as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Nansen (Oct. 10, 1861-May 13, 1930) grew up nearby Christiania (now Oslo), where his interests in expeditions and the outdoors blossomed.\u00a0 At age 2, Fridtjof was on skis and later skates.\u00a0 He broke the world record for skating one mile and for 12 consecutive years won the cross-country skiing championship in Norway.\u00a0 As a boy…<\/p>\n

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