Nansen’s book travelled to South Pole with Amundsen

Arch Books of Richmond, southwest London, recently sold the personal expedition copy of Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram over Polhavet [Farthest North] (1897), owned and signed by fellow Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928).

The two-volume set carried Amundsen’s handwritten note stating that it “accompanied [him] on all [h…

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