Fridtjof Nansen’s Farthest North : Scientific Report or Personal Account?
Being an exploration account from the 19th century, Farthest North is on the one hand an objective account based on facts and details. To prove the route, the final destination and the scientific results - and emphasise that all these experiences were true - the book gives a detailed account of all...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3ec4eff265db4e35b6803daaf6557236 2023-05-15T16:18:24+02:00 Fridtjof Nansen’s Farthest North : Scientific Report or Personal Account? Silje Solheim Karlsen 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1233 https://doaj.org/article/3ec4eff265db4e35b6803daaf6557236 EN NO eng nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1233 https://doaj.org/toc/0809-1668 https://doaj.org/toc/1503-2086 doi:10.7557/13.1233 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://doaj.org/article/3ec4eff265db4e35b6803daaf6557236 Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2008) Reiseskildring Fridtjof Nansen Farthest North Norwegian literature PT8301-9155 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1233 2022-12-30T23:45:10Z Being an exploration account from the 19th century, Farthest North is on the one hand an objective account based on facts and details. To prove the route, the final destination and the scientific results - and emphasise that all these experiences were true - the book gives a detailed account of all preparations and equipment, the designs for the ship, temperature, the ice-drifting, the soundings, the gathering of different sea animals, etc. The discourse is represented by tables of scientific results and measures, new mappings and corrections of old maps. Photographs and illustrations, some of them even by Nansen himself, contribute to reinforce the truthfulness of the account. On the other hand, the travelogue gives evidence of a dramatic and outstanding expedition, and is a story about courage, strength and an almost unbelievable deed, which ended in the farthest north record of the time. In particular, the fifteen months' sleigh journey undertaken by Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen is adventurous. This part of the narrative resembles the pattern we find in other kinds of popular literature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fridtjof Nansen Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Fridtjof ENVELOPE(-56.717,-56.717,-63.567,-63.567) Johansen ENVELOPE(67.217,67.217,-70.544,-70.544) Nordlit 12 1 195 |
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Being an exploration account from the 19th century, Farthest North is on the one hand an objective account based on facts and details. To prove the route, the final destination and the scientific results - and emphasise that all these experiences were true - the book gives a detailed account of all preparations and equipment, the designs for the ship, temperature, the ice-drifting, the soundings, the gathering of different sea animals, etc. The discourse is represented by tables of scientific results and measures, new mappings and corrections of old maps. Photographs and illustrations, some of them even by Nansen himself, contribute to reinforce the truthfulness of the account. On the other hand, the travelogue gives evidence of a dramatic and outstanding expedition, and is a story about courage, strength and an almost unbelievable deed, which ended in the farthest north record of the time. In particular, the fifteen months' sleigh journey undertaken by Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen is adventurous. This part of the narrative resembles the pattern we find in other kinds of popular literature. |
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