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Nansen, Fridtjof - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The diversity of Nansen's interests is shown in his writings, which include Eskimo Life (1893), Closing-Nets for Vertical Hauls and for Vertical Towing (1915), Russia and Peace (1923), and Armenia and the Near East (1928). |
 | | Nansen's career as a statesman began in 1905, when he worked for the peaceful separation of Norway from Sweden; his efforts were rewarded by his appointment as Norway's first minister to Great Britain (1906-8). |
 | | In 1901 he had become director of an international commission to study the sea, and he made (1910-14) several scientific journeys, mainly in the N Atlantic. |
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