One hundred years ago, Fridtjof Nansen – a Norwegian humanitarian, explorer, diplomat and scientist – won the Nobel Peace Prize. In its citation, the selection committee commended Nansen “for his ...

Google celebrates Fridtjof Nansen's birthday with a doodle. New Delhi: Google today celebrates the 156th birth anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen with a doodle, Norwegian polar explorer and the first ...

The Nansen Photographs by Geir O Klover, published by Teneues, tells the story of 12 intrepid men, led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who set off from Norway in June 1893 with the aim of ...

In 1893, the Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen set off to find the North ... slowly worked the bones free of the hard sandstone, painting them with alchohol and balsam to reveal the sutures ...

British physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski explains how Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to the North Pole was 'one of the most bonkers and brilliant experiments ever devised'.

DURING most of his lifetime the whole world has acclaimed Fridtjof Nansen as a man of the first magnitude, and his fame has grown as his years increased. His outstanding figure shines in history ...