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Locked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole
316 pp.
| Holt/Ottaviano |
January, 2019 |
TradeISBN 978-1-250-13764-7$19.99
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4-6
In 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian Renaissance man and Nobel Peace Prize winner, tried (unsuccessfully) to become the first person to reach the North Pole. The harrowing Arctic journey--documented here through black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and journal entries--became legendary. Lourie provides an intriguing portrait of the man and a worthwhile and absorbing account of his journey. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2019