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GB 0402 DFN · 1890-1930

Papers of Fridtjof Nansen, 1890-1930, including letters to Mrs Tweedie, 1 May 1892, answering her questions about himself; sketches by A E Boyd and H M Paget of Nansen at the Royal Societies Club in Feb 1897; sketch of polar bear made by Nansen in 1927; proposal by Sir Clements Markham for a grant to Nansen put to the Council of the Royal Geographical Society, 1892; remarkd by G H Richards on Nansen's paper read before the Geographical Society of Norway, Feb 1890; paper by Nansen, 1892; typescript introduction to Nansen's Farthest North; description of Nansen's reception at Rouen, 10 Aug 1903, by George Yonflier and two letters from Nansen to Sir Napier Shaw, 30 Dec 1929 and 30 Jan 1930.

Nansen , Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg , 1861-1930 , Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat