POSTAL COVER

NORWAY

FRIDTJOF NANSEN, POLAR EXPLORER

FIRST DAY COVER

Special Postmark: 'Nansen, Oslo'

Date: 10th October 1961

Postage Stamps: 45 ore & 90 ore 'Fridtjof Nansen'

Size:  6.5" x 4"

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (1861-1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the Fatherland League.

He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his Fram expedition of 1893–1896. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.

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