The Nansen Photographs by Geir O Klover, published by Teneues, tells the story of 12 intrepid men, led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who set off from Norway in June 1893 with the aim of ...

Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen, the most experienced dog team driver on the crew, were ready to make their dash to the pole. They had built the sleds and kayaks, and had gone through endless ...

The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award honours individuals, groups and organizations who go above and beyond the call of duty to protect refugees, displaced and stateless people. Established in 1954, the ...

Dreamed up by a former polar explorer, the Nansen passport was the first legal travel document for refugees. Fridtjof Nansen, an adventurer turned Norwegian diplomat, created the document after ...

Adrift on the Arctic Ocean in the midst of the dark polar winter, Fridtjof Nansen ... In March 1895, Nansen and companion Hjalmar Johansen loaded up a handful of dog sleds, bid farewell to the ...

British physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski explains how Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to the North Pole was 'one of the most bonkers and brilliant experiments ever devised'.

The harrowing photographs of starving people that Nansen showed in the West shocked the public and helped him organize aid. Considered one of the most famous Norwegians in history, Fridtjof Nansen ...