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Mark Brandon • March 26, 2015

I was enjoying my polar books the other night and came across a quote attributed to everyone’s  favourite humanitarian polar explorer and scientist, Fridtjof Nansen.

Fridtjof Nansen, 1915, from the George Grantham Bain Collection

If I were not a Norwegian, I would be an Englishman rather than belong to any other nation

Nansen is quoted in Fridtjof Nansen, his life and explorations, by James Arthur Bain, 1897.

Fridtjof Nansen quoted by James Bain, 1897. Page 45

It’s hard not to be in awe of Nansen.

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Posted in History. Tags: Arctic, DeLong, Fram, history, Jeannette, Nansen, polar on March 26, 2015 by Mark Brandon.