Quote of the day
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
Fridtjof Nansen
Born: October 10, 1861
Died: May 13, 1930 (aged 68)
Bio: Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater.
Known for:
- Farthest North (1897)
- The First Crossing of Greenland
- Eskimo Life (1893)