Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

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I finally finished this one. Some of the scenes in the book upset me; but, they are clearly of the time. A good look at making sure your ship is custom for your adventure and being fully prepared.

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CaseyMoore

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

Saturday morning reading with my wife.

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LeahBergen

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

#ItsALongWayToTheTop (to the top of the world, that is 😆).

This is the 1898, two-volume edition that tells of Nansen‘s three year attempt by ship (and sleigh!) to reach the North Pole.

#MarchIntoOz

Cinfhen, Lizpixie

TrishB Lovely 💕 7y

rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 7y

AlaMich Wait, is this an Arctic/Antarctic, “the ship got stuck in the ice and our frost bitten limbs started falling off” adventure I haven‘t heard of? How could that be? I lurve those!! 😍 7y

LeahBergen @AlaMich Yes! With walrus attacks, too! 😂 7y

AlaMich @LeahBergen Even better!! I haven‘t read a good walrus attack scene in, oh, ever!! 😂 7y

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tricours

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

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Well, this took a while! This is not only a very detailed journal recording almost each and every day of this journey (which makes you really appreciate how long it was), it‘s also a scientific log book of latitudes, temperatures and dinner compositions! Not to mention endless bear, seal and walrus hunts. It‘s sad about the dogs they had to kill though, especially when you know they actually cared about them.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled In my TBR - soon!! 7y

tricours @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled it‘s a surprisingly jolly read. Nansen must have been the most optimistic man alive and they just handle anything that comes their way in an impressive manner. I don‘t think people like that exist anymore. 7y

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tricours

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

Yup.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Great book 👍!! 7y

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tricours

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

Whereas all other explorers are miserable, cold and sick Nansen‘s expedition is seriously just having a good time! It‘ll be so interesting to read about the Scott expedition after this. And I want to go back to the Fram museum in Oslo and walk on board again now that I‘m more familiar with the ship!

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tricours

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

Happy to be back home with my crowd 🐈 🐕 ❤️

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tricours

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

Another EXTREMELY uneventful day at work, but at least this book is getting very interesting (after 10% of preparations and arguments regarding arctic currents and whatnot). I definitely have to get a print version of it. @Cinfhen I love the treats you sent! I was going to make Turkish coffee to go with the halva but all oven tops I have access to are induction and my Turkish coffee pot is not magnetic 😔

Cinfhen I'm still getting used to the STRONG Turkish coffee and I'm not a fan of Halva, but I wanted you to experience the full Israeli culinary experience 😉😘 7y

tricours @Cinfhen since I‘m Swedish I‘m used to strong coffee and Turkish is my favorite type! 😀 I like halva, but some types are too dry. This one was very nice! 7y

Cinfhen Yay!!! I'm still bummed about those books!!!! 7y

tricours @Cinfhen haha! For the secret Santa swap I added the direct link to my books-I-own bookshelf on Goodreads, and will continue to do so in the future 😁 7y

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tricours

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North | Fridjtof Nansen

I‘ve got a cold that won‘t give up, there‘s nothing to do at work, so why not start a new book about terrible experiences in freezing cold climates?

DebbieGrillo Feel better! 7y

jfalkens Hope you feel better soon xxx 7y

cobwebmoth Feel better soon! 7y

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EvieBee Yup, that‘s exactly what you do. Feel better! ♥️ 7y

Redwritinghood Colds are awful. Hope you feel better soon. 7y

kylienoele Get well!! 7y

erzascarletbookgasm Speedy recovery! 7y

Zelma I hope you feel better soon! However, I think you made an excellent book choice; sound fascinating. 7y

UrsulaMonarch 😂feel better!! I used to read books like this at the peak/ depths of summer 😉 7y

tricours Thanks everyone! 🤧 Despite (or thanks to?) a mini work Christmas party yesterday (actually a dinner with booze) I‘m feeling almost better! @DebbieGrillo @jfalkens @cobwebmoth @EvieBee @Redwritinghood @kylienoele @erzascarletbookgasm @Zelma 7y

tricours @Lkelly same here actually! But then I got a bit obsessed with the genre and collected so many books that I can‘t wait for summer 😀 7y

UrsulaMonarch @tricours nice!! 👏😂👏 7y

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CJEskriett

Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months Sleigh Journey By, Dr. Nansen and Lieut. J | Fridtjof Nansen

just bought a kobo aura one. So excited!! Overdrive compatibility and a bigger screen than the glo. #kobo #koboauraone

acorter So, after 3 months what do you think? I've had Kindles for about 7 years now (currently have the voyage) but I am thinking about making the switch to Kobo... 8y

CJEskriett I am a big kobo fan. I've had a Touch, a Glo & the new one. I also have a kindle paperwhite. The kindle frustrates me as battery life is poor compared to kobo. I do think kobo hardware is better (I've never had any problems) &their prices are much better than they used to be. KA1 adaptive lighting not perfected yet 8y

CJEskriett ...prices for books I was meaning there. The overdrive compatibility is not brilliant yet but better than needing to plug into pc and do it that way. 8y

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CJEskriett

Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months Sleigh Journey By, Dr. Nansen and Lieut. J | Fridtjof Nansen