Fridtjof Nansen

The Nobel Peace Prize 1922

Zoologist - Neuroscientist, Polar Explorer, Oceanographer, Humanitarian. 'Nansen Passports' for stateless refugees. Despite Russia then being suspect in Western nations, relief for 7,000,000 to 22,000,000 Russians dying of famine.

Ministered to refugees - methods became classic: custodial care, repatriation, rehabilitation, resettlement, emigration, integration.

Love of mankind is politics in practice.

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Farthest North, Volumes I and II by Fridtjof Nansen, LibriVox, Audio book

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Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, Volume 1
Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup
Harper & brothers, 1897

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First Crossing Of Greenland
Fridtjof Nansen
Longmans, Green, and Company, 1890

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Name: Fridtjof Nansen
Birth: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Death: 13 May 1930, Oslo, Norway
Institution: Norway
Award: Originator of "Nansen passports" (for refugees), Norwegian Delegate, SociÃ©tÃ© des Nations, Explorer, Scientist
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