Complex sentence: It was originally called the North American Ski Club (in Norwegian, "Skiklubben Nordamerikansk"), but later would be renamed the Nansen Ski Club in honor of Fridtjof Nansen, who in 1888 skied across Greenland.
Split into simpler sentences: It was originally called the North American Ski Club (in Norwegian, "Skiklubben Nordamerikansk"), but later was renamed the Nansen Ski Club. This was in honor of Fridtjof Nansen, who in 1888 skied across Greenland.