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Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen is known for Norwegian polar explorer. Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861.

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Fridtjof Nansen is best known for Norwegian polar explorer. Fridtjof Nansen is a Norwegian public figure. Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861, which places Fridtjof Nansen among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1860s. On Dead or Alive, Fridtjof Nansen is listed in the Norwegian Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Fridtjof Nansen is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Norwegian polar explorer
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 10 October 1861
Listed under: Norwegian Icons

About Fridtjof Nansen

He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, a scientist, a diplomat, a humanitarian, and the co-founder of the Fatherland League. Nansen 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. He was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1897. Nansen studied zoology at the Royal Frederick University in Christiania and later worked as a curator at the University Museum of Bergen where his research on the central nervous system of lower marine creatures earned him a doctorate and helped establish neuron doctrine. Later, neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his research on the same subject. After 1896 his main scientific interest switched to oceanography; in the course of his research he made many scientific cruises, mainly in the North Atlantic, and contributed to the development of modern oceanographic equipment. As one of his country's leading citizens, in 1905 Nansen spoke out for ending Norway's union with Sweden, and was instrumental in persuading Prince Carl of Denmark to accept the throne of the newly independent Norway.

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Fridtjof Nansen is known for Norwegian polar explorer.

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Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861.

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Fridtjof Nansen's nationality is Norwegian.

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