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 ...

1861: Fridtjof Nansen is born. He will become a towering figure in Arctic exploration, the natural sciences and international diplomacy. Nansen, born outside of Oslo, Norway, grew up hard and fit ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

I joined the 530-passenger Fridtjof Nansen, named after a polar explorer, as it sailed from London to Liverpool on the first of three ‘showcase’ trips ahead of its official maiden voyage from ...

Adrift on the Arctic Ocean in the midst of the dark polar winter, Fridtjof Nansen faced a dilemma. A year and a half earlier, the 33-year-old explorer had set sail from Norway on his polar ship ...