Fridtjof Nansen - Oslo, Norway
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N 59° 57.877 E 010° 39.996
32V E 593051 N 6648642
Quick Description: Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 7/10/2012 2:21:16 PM
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Long Description:"Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14' during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions." Wikipedia
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Description of the statue
The bronze statue, life size, on a sandstone base approximately 1.20 meters high, a figure in walking clothing
