Evening star., 1930-05-23

I'm the death Of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen
the gallant company Of Arctic explorers
lost o distinguished member" says the
Seattle Daily Times, rejecting the
unanimous tribute Of the American
press. and predicting that ''his name
viii always have o prominent place
among the daring men who have VEN
tured into that forbidden region" The
Atlanta journal describes him as having
had the hardest courage and the finest
scientist, author, patriot, diplomat, hu-
manitarian, he added to the glory Of q
nation which produced in his own times
Amundsen, Ibsen, Bjornson and Ed
ward Grieg. A Vikings heart, schol-
ar's mind and a Christians spirit were
harmonized in this illustrious man." the
journal concludes. In the words Of the
Minneapolis Star, rare intelligence,
courage and altruism were welded into
an unusual synthesis in the personality
Of Nansen. Norway and the world at
large are the poorer for his loss"
Though other explorers have outdis-
tanced his achievements in these latter
days. the GAINESVILLE Times-Recorder
brings to remembrance the facts that
''he was the first man to cross Green
land; IN the late nineties he reached
the farthest North of Polar exploration
up to that time, and the voyage Of the
Fran remains among the classic expe-
ditions Of Arctic exploration" Review
ing the Fram's exploit, the Detroit
Free Press says: The Fran expedi-
the world. The theory he sought to
establish was that q vessel frozen in the
ice packs north of Eastern Siberia would
drift with the current toward Green
land. This theory was openly and
widely secuted by other scientists, but
DR.. Nansen was not to be discouraged"
continues the Free Press. HE froze
the Fran in the ice packs in September.
1893, and by the following March the
ship had drifted to 81 degrees north"
proving his contention concerning the
Polar ice drift.
FraIn," declares the Bangor Daily Com
mercial, which calls this expedition "the
most noteworthy Of the many journeys
made by DR.. Nansen into the Polar re-
gions." The achievement Is described
by the Morgantown Dominion News as
breaking the trail" in pioneer Polar
exploration, and the Asheville Times
recognizes that he made permanent
contributions to the worlds knowledge
in physical geography" while at the
same time "he wrote his name perma-
adventuring spirits and great laborers
for the relief Of human woes"
He was not an ordinary man" ac-
cordtng to the Boston Transcript, "this
Fridtjof Nansen who has died in Nor
way. His tail figure, his deep voice, his
eyes, which after half O century were
still vivid; his great jaw and the hollows
that resolution had worn in his craggy
face were of q part with his reputation
for exploration In the Arctic, his fame
for endurance, his prodigtous resistance
to cold"
The Rock Island Argus AYERS that
"his splendid character and unusual
ability viii be long remembered" while
the Albany Evening News holds that
at Is to men like Nansen that the
world owes much in progress, In science
and In the betterment Of human lfe,"
and the San Francisco Call-Bulletin
refers to him as one who lived q full
Jackson Citizen-Patriot offers the trib-
ute: Here, indeed. was q man. His
capacity for work was staggering. His
courage was inspiring. His success In
many widely divergent fields gave evi-
dence Of q wonderfully brilliant mind"
That Nansen may be remembered as
long for the great heart that made him
q great humanitarian as for the bold
spirit that made him an explorer of
Arctic wastes" is the thought Of the
Duluth Herald, to which the st. Paul
Pioneer-Press adds that "the career was
faith. hope and charity on q splendid
scale, directed in the interests Of hu-
manity." and the La Crosse Tribune
Leader-Press. observing that during his
NfetimG> >honors were heaped upon him
W an 2Sttons," ancludtng the award ofl