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and upon reaching the settlement of
dodthaab were obliged 70 spend the
Winter there. The party returned
home Ia May, 1889.
In 1890 Or. Nansen conceived the
idea Of polar expedition to cross the
polar regions atgetting his vessel fixed
In the ice north Of Eastern Siberia
and drift with it. His theory was that
drift current set across the regions
from Bering Strait and the neighbour
hood Of the New Siberia Islands to-
plan, although adversely criticized. sue
ceeded. The expedition sailed on the
FRAN, June a., 1893. In September
the FRAN was made fast to foe In
70 degrees, so minutes, north latitude.
Shortly afterward she was frozen In
and the long drift began. BY March,
1895, the ship had reached 81 degrees
north, and DR.. Nansefl decided to make
an expedition nofthward on foot Ac-
companied by Frederick Hjalmar Jo-
hansen, q lieutenant Of the Norwegian
the FRAN, DR.. Nansen on April
reached 90 degrees. IA minutes, north,
the highest latitude reached by man
to that time.
Won Geographical Society Medal.
From that point they turned back
and eventually reached FREDERICK JACK
son Island in Franz Joseph Land, wnere
they were compelled to spend the Win
ter remaining from August. 1898, 10
May, 1895. They lived In q little stone
hut and their only food was raw polar
bear meat. After resuming their jour
ney in May, the two explorers fell IN
with the jackson Harmsworth expedt-
ton in June. 1896, and returned 70
Norway with 1t, reaching home August
IS. The Fran followed into port safe
ly week later.
ceived a special medal from the Ma
tional Geographical Society and hon.
orary degrees from oxford and CAM
bridge Universities.
DR.. hansen entered politics in 1905
in connection with the crisis between
Norway and Sweden, which was fol-
lowed by separation of the two king
doms. During the crisis he issued q
manifesto and many articles IN which
he adopted the attitude as indicated by
lished later: ANY union In which one
people Is restrained In exercising its
freedom Is and will remain O danger"
With the establishment of Norway a. q
monarchy hansen was appointed min
lister to England in 1905. He was Great
ed knight grand cross Of the Royal
Victorian Order. After representing
his country two years In the British
capital he resigned and became pro-
lessor Of oceanography ct Christiania
University.
Represented Norway in League.
With the organization Of the League
Of Nations, DR.. Nansen became Nor
ways representative In that body and
as such was aided In the relief work In
which he interested himself during the
war. In recognition of his work Ia be-
half Of the welfare Of prisoners of war
commissioner for their repatriation. In
1921 with the institution Of schemes for
the relief Of the starving millions in
Russia he was appointed q member of
the commission in charge Of the prof.
ect and Interested himself In the work
of relieving the peoples of other coun-
tries who had become distressed by the
war.
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prise,
which had been awarded to him for
1921-22, DR.. Nansen delivered an adj
dress in which he said. what the world
needed was q return Of brotherhood and
charity among men along the lines OF
Nobel's idea. He raised Americas relief
work under Herbert Hoover and declared
his new award would be used for the
League Of Nations relief activities. At
the same time the Nobel award commit
tee announced that DR.. Nansen had
been granted by Christian Erickson Of
another award equal to the
Nobel Peace Prize In recognition Of his
relief work.
DR.. Nansen had written extensively on
geological and scientific works Is well
IS many volumes dealing with his ex-
plorations In the Arctic, For one Of
his papers, 1.-THE Structure and Combi-
nation Of the Astrological Elements Of
the Central Nervous System" written
In 1886, he was awarded the degree OF
doctor of philosophy by Christiania Uni
versity. He belonged to numerous scien-
tif1c and geographical societies and was
an honorary rector Of st. Andrews Uni
versity, Scotland.