Fridtjof Nansen

Whether it was explorers such as Ernest Shackleton in the Arctic Circle or Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen in the Karakorams, Fridtjof Nansen in Greenland or, closer to our times, Ranulph Fiennes and his partner Mike Stroud hauling heavily laden sleds across Antarctica, all have a common thread connecting them.

The firm has also introduced the world's first battery-hybrid powered cruise ship, MS Roald Amundsen, which is custombuilt for sustainable operations in destinations such as Antarctica and is due to be delivered next year; sister MS Fridtjof Nansen is following in 2020 and an unnamed third vessel in 2021.

Recent exhibitions spotlighted contemporary Nordic artists and the extraordinary life of Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

In 1893, Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen and a crew of experienced sailors set off to the North Pole.

18 -- The planning seminar is taking place in Colombo for the new Norwegian Research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen to come to Sri Lankan waters in 2018 to carry out a survey on the marine resources.

In April, Tony Harrison, one of the hardiest of British poets and playwrights, will team up with Bob Crowley to direct Harrison's own "Fram," about 19th century Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen.

In 2004, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, a Norwegian risk management company, questioned the quality of Russia's icebreakers.

The Fridtjof Nansen berthed at Izar Shipyards in Spain was the launch platform for the initial activation of the first Aegis Weapon System equipped with Lockheed Martin's new Spy-1F radar.

This activity book discusses the reasons why Erik the Red, John Davis, Henry Hudson, William Perry, John Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Perry, Fredrick Cook, and Gretel Erhlich explored the Arctic; and why Captain James Cook, James Clark Ross, Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, Admiral Richard E.