Locked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole

by Peter Lourie

A spellbinding biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the pioneer of polar exploration, with a spotlight on his harrowing three-year journey to the top of the world.

An explorer who many adventurers argue ranks alongside polar celebrity Ernest Shackleton, Fridtjof Nansen contributed tremendous amounts of new information to our knowledge about the Polar Arctic. At a time when the North Pole was still undiscovered territory, he attempted the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250137640
• ISBN13: 9781250137647
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9