Life And Explorations Of Fridtjof Nansen - BY J. ARTHUR BAIN - INTRODUCTION. - THE only cure for he Arctic fever is the discovery of the North Pole. If any one imagines that man is going to abandon this idea, should a few more lives be sacrificed in the pursuit of it, he is greatly mistaken. A goal at once so definite and so encompassed with mystery is sure to command human effort until it shall be reached, and never was mankind nearer to this consummation than at the present time. The operations of Arctic heroes, beginning with Sebastian Cabot and ending with Pridtjof Nansen, have gradually...
Life And Explorations Of Fridtjof Nansen - BY J. ARTHUR BAIN - INTRODUCTION. - THE only cure for he Arctic fever is the discovery of the North Pole. I...