Locked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole

• Main Author: Wheeler, Maryn
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2022
• Subjects: Nonfiction; Polar Exploration; Arctic; Fridtjof Nansen; Young Adult; Outstanding; Fridtjof; North Pole; Norway
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol41/iss7/14; https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/cbmr/article/7430/viewcontent/Locked_in_Ice_Nansen_s_Daring_Quest_for_the_North_Pole.pdf

In 1893, Fridtjof Nansen locked his specially-designed boat in Arctic ice with the goal of reaching the North Pole. As an adventurer, explorer, and scientist, he had dreamed of this adventure that no one had achieved before. He studied previous polar exploration attempts and hand-picked twelve men t...