Heroes and Nomads in Norwegian Polar Explorer Literature

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Jørgen Alnæs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008
• Subjects: Litteratur; På ski over Grønland; The first crossing of Greenland; On ski towards the North Pole; reiseskildring; travel literature; Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Greenland; Norway; North Pole; Fridtjof; Bjørn; Fridtjof Nansen; Grønland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1160; https://doaj.org/article/09b3343679da448597c6103e39d9137b

In 1888 six Norwegians crossed the Greenland-ice on skis. Two years after, the expedition leader Fridtjof Nansen published the book På ski over Grønland (English title: The First Crossing of Greenland) about the expedition. In Norway, this book has had an enormous influence and for modern Norwegian...