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4 unusual facts about Fridtjof Nansen


Camphill Svetlana

The house was subsequently named Fridtjof Nansen House, in honor of the Norwegian explorer and diplomat who intervened to alleviate famine in Russia in the early 1920s.

Kathleen Scott

A biographer of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen has suggested that, in her husband's absence, she began a brief affair with Nansen, the mentor of Scott's rival Amundsen.

Umivik

Umivik, Gyldenlöve, a fjord and a village near Gyldenlöve fjord, 64° 24' N. A launching point for overland crossings including one by Fridtjof Nansen.

Wonderstrands

There is no popular or scholarly agreement on the exact location of the Wonderstrands, and Fridtjof Nansen and Helge Ingstad held that the Saga of Erik the Red in general could not be trusted.


1952 Winter Olympics torch relay

On arrival at the Marathon Gate of the Stadium he passed the torch to the final torch-bearer, Eigil Nansen, grandson of explorer, winter event champion and Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomat Fridtjof Nansen.

Axel Revold

From 1929 he was married to painter Irmelin Nansen, the daughter of Fridtjof Nansen and Eva Nansen.

Cezar Petrescu

Notwithstanding his prolific output as a novelist, Petrescu is mostly remembered for his children's book Fram, ursul polar ("Fram, the Polar Bear"—the circus animal character was named after Fram, the ship used by Fridtjof Nansen on his expeditions).

Nanoq

The museum hosts an exhibition about famous polar expeditions and displays many items, e.g. the balloon gondola from S.A. Andrée's fateful expedition and material from the John Phipps expedition to Svalbard around 1770, as well as several documents that refer to the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen.

Nansen bottle

It was designed in 1910 by the early 20th-century explorer and oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen and further developed by Shale Niskin.

Nansenhjelpen

It was a professor of German at the University of Oslo, Fredrik Paasche, who approached architect Odd Nansen, the son of famed scientific explorer and Nobel Peace laureate Fridtjof Nansen to lend his name to an organization dedicated to rescuing Jews.


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