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This is a biography of the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, the father of modern polar exploration. The author, Roland Huntford, has also written biographies of Shackleton, and Scott and Amundsen.
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'A wonderful biography of the greatest polar explorer by the best biographer of polar explorers... hugely satisfying.' Paul Theroux, Guardian
'A book which takes us outward through the life of another and frmo there inward into our own. What more can you ask of a biography?' Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph
'An exemplary biography: massively researched, lucidly written, and perfectyl capturing the blend of arrogance and innocence of its inspiring but infuriating hero.' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
'A dozen years in the making, this massively researched biography is a superb achievement... Nansen here finds a peerless biographer.' --Frank McLynn, Evening Standard
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'A book which takes us outward through the life of another and frmo there inward into our own. What more can you ask of a biography?' Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph
'An exemplary biography: massively researched, lucidly written, and perfectyl capturing the blend of arrogance and innocence of its inspiring but infuriating hero.' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
'A dozen years in the making, this massively researched biography is a superb achievement... Nansen here finds a peerless biographer.' --Frank McLynn, Evening Standard
Roland Huntford is the world's foremost authority on the polar expeditions and their protagonists. He is the author of the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing; Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen and biographies of Shackleton and Nansen. He is a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge and was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years.
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- EditoreDuckworth
- Data di pubblicazione1998
- ISBN 10 0715628437
- ISBN 13 9780715628430
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine624
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