1 post tagged “nansen”
Fridtjof Nansen - in the picture below- was the first to cross Greenland on skis in 1886. It is a great story. And the finnish translation published in 1896 by Teuvo Pakkala has for some time been in public domain. I decided to publish it as an ebook on nokia's mosh site. The Norwegian national library gave me permission to use their database of Nansen's photos. Also, on Nansen's crew were two Samis from Karasjokk - and the other one, Samuel Balto wrote his own story that has never been translated into finnish before. I will include Balto's story as well. In all I think it's going to be interesting to see the reception.
