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Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen

The Nobel Peace Prize 1922

Zoologist – Neuroscientist, Polar Explorer, Oceanographer, Humanitarian. ‘Nansen Passports’ for stateless refugees. Despite Russia then being suspect in Western nations, relief for 7,000,000 to 22,000,000 Russians dying of famine.

Ministered to refugees – methods became classic: custodial care, repatriation, rehabilitation, resettlement, emigration, integration.

Love of mankind is politics in practice.

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History of Discovery

Nansen, Fridtjof, Norwegian Arctic Explorer and Oceanographer 1861-1930, Water Encyclopedia.

unilogoWith Nansen to the North Pole, The Northern Lights Route, University Library of Tromsø – 1999.

Frozen in the ice – polar research then and now, ScienceNordic, June 12, 2013.