Get Hold Of THE ARCTIC EXPLORATION ANTHOLOGY: The Personal Accounts Of The Great Arctic Explorers Authored By Fridtjof Nansen Shared As Booklet

stories of the first explorers of the Arctic and the North Pole have always been somewhat overshadowed by the famous and tragic race for the South Pole a decade later.
In truth the story is no less riveting to the reader, in terms of bravery, resilience and determination,
What is more, in an extra dimension to the story there is the enduring controversy over who was in fact the first to make it to the North Pole.
Was it Dr Frederick Cook in, or Captain Peary inHistory has given most of the credit to Peary who had powerful friends in the likes of exPresident Teddy Roosevelt backing his claim, but Cook still tells a compelling narrative, which is included in this ebook.


In addition to these two controversial and competing stories, this Anthology also contains two other crucial texts, One is the personal account of Matthew A Henson, who accompanied Peary on his Polar expedition entitled in the language of the era "A Negro Explorer At the North Pole", and which provides a veritable wealth of detail and insight.


The fourth and most detailed account in this Anthology is by the legendary Norwegian explorer Dr Fridjof Nansen in his account of his foray into the Arctic titled "Farthest North".
Nansen was the "Godfather" of Polar exploration, and most of those explorers who followed did so in his footsteps, utilising the techniques he pioneered, and in Amundsen's case even using Nansen's ship, the "Fram", which had been specially designed for travel in the ice.

Each of these intrepid explorers gives their own incredible, stoic, and sometimes harrowing accounts of the almost impossible odds they faced to achieve their goals.


Through success and failure, personal sacrifice, loyalty, rescue and even death, these great explorers advanced the sum of human scientific knowledge and achievement, and richly deserve their place in history.


he texts in this Anthology are unexpurgated, and include appendices, but have all been formatted and optimized for iBooks, and include selected photos and maps from the expeditions themselves.
Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Best known for the Fram expedition: An attempt to reach the North Pole by using the natural drift of the polar ice in the ship Fram, carrying fuel and provisions for twelve men for five years.
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