Fridtjof Nansen: 26 books

Originally published in 1931, this early work on exploration is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains Nansen's account of his expedition through the Caucasus and is a fascinating work thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of exploration. Many...

For one whole winter we were cut off from the world and immured among the Greenlanders. I dwelt in their huts, took part in their hunting, and tried, as well as I could, to live their life and learn their language. But one winter, unfortunately, is far too short a time in which to attain a thorough...

Example in this ebook   For one whole winter we were cut off from the world and immured among the Greenlanders. I dwelt in their huts, took part in their hunting, and tried, as well as I could, to live their life and learn their language. But one winter, unfortunately, is far...

Extrait : "Le 24 juin 1893, en Norvège, le jour de la fête de l'été. Pour nous, il arrive plein de tristesse. C'est le moment du départ. Je quitte ma maison, et seul je descends à travers le jardin vers la grève où m'attend la vedette du Fram. Derrière moi je laisse tout ce que j'ai de plus...

This book, first published in 1923, endeavoured to provide a brief account of the social and economic conditions in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Russia and Peace discusses the interest in Russia shown by other countries, the country’s economic development, and the social problems it was experiencing at the time. This book will be of interest to students of history.

This book owes its existence in the first instance to a rash promise made some years ago to my friend Dr. J. Scott Keltie, of London, that I would try, when time permitted, to contribute a volume on the history of arctic voyages to his series of books on geographical exploration. The subject was an attractive...

Greenland is in a peculiar manner associated with Norway and with the Norwegians. Our forefathers were the first Europeans who found their way to its shores. In their open vessels the old Vikings made their daring voyages, through tempests and drift-ice, to this distant land of snows, settled there throughout...

BnF collection ebooks - "Le 24 juin 1893, en Norvège, le jour de la fête de l'été. Pour nous, il arrive plein de tristesse. C'est le moment du départ. Je quitte ma maison, et seul je descends à travers le jardin vers la grève où m'attend la vedette du Fram. Derrière moi je laisse tout...

Ungesehen und unbetreten, in mächtiger Todesruhe schlummerten die erstarrten Polargegenden unter ihrem unbefleckten Eismantel vom Anbeginn der Zeiten. In sein weißes Gewand gehüllt, streckte der gewaltige Riese seine feuchtkalten Eisglieder aus und brütete über Träumen von Jahrtausenden. Die...

Neu gesetzte Leseausgabe in moderner Schrift mit einem Nachwort von Tobias Wimbauer "Dieser Bericht über 'meine ersten Erlebnisse im Eismeer' ist zum großen Teil eine Wiedergabe des Tagebuchs, das der damals - 1882 - noch sehr junge Verfasser geführt hat ... Dieses Buch ... versucht auch die...

Eine klassische Geschichte von Spannung und Wachstum.