Northern Waters

Captain Roald Amundsen's Oceanographic Observations in the Arctic Seas in 1901

By:

Fridtjof Nansen

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Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

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In later life the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, the explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) encouraged and supported the 1901 voyage of his fellow Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), publishing this account of its scientific findings in 1906. Amundsen had just purchased his famous boat, the Gjoa, and wanted to test her in Arctic waters. He planned to pay for the expedition by hunting seals, but wanted to carry out scientific work at the same time. On Nansen's advice, he decided to make oceanographic observations. After a six-month voyage, he returned with both observations and samples of water and plankton which considerably enlarged understanding of the bottom waters of the Norwegian Sea and the play of current in the area. Nansen's work supplies technical details, diagrams and maps from this remarkable scientific survey.

Release date NZ

January 13th, 2014

Author

Fridtjof Nansen

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

2 b/w illus. 9 colour illus.

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

168

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

Dimensions

170x244x9

ISBN-13

9781108070829

Product ID

22169648

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