Through Siberia, the Land of the Future

by Fridtjof Nansen and Arthur G. Chater

Book Overview

In August 1913, the explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), who later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, set off from Norway to find a sea route across the north of the Eurasian continent. This 'north-east passage' had been the goal of explorers since the sixteenth century, but Nansen's object, as he puts it, was 'to open up a regular trade connexion with the interior of Siberia, via the Kara Sea and the mouth of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110807149X
• ISBN13: 9781108071499
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 602 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"