Physical geography and topography

Gilbert White FRS was born at his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire on 18th July 1720.

Gilbert White FRS was born at his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire on 18th July 1720.

Fridtjof Nansen: In Nacht und Eis – Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893–1896 – Erster und zweiter Band | Über 1000 Seiten, mit 418 Fotos, Skizzen, Grafiken und Karten und 220 Fußnoten | Neu editierte Ausgabe 2021 |Als sich von September 2019 bis Oktober 2020 das deutsche Forschungsschiff ›Polarstern‹, festgefroren im Eis, durch die zentrale Arktis treiben ließ um Klimaprozesse zu studieren, hatten die Planer dieser wagemutigen Expedition ein Vorbild: Bereits 1893 startete der Norwegische Forscher Fridtjof Nansen ein ähnliches Unterfangen: Auch er ließ sein Schiff ›Fram‹ von Eis umschließen, um mit der Drift die Arktis zu durchqueren und dabei den Nordpol zu erreichen.

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