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Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October – 13 May ) was a Norwegianexplorer, historian, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. From to , Nansen was the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Career

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In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in , and won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of – Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced later Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.

Nansen studied zoology at the Royal Frederick University, and later worked as a curator at the Bergen Museum where his research on the central nervous system of lower marine creatures earned him a doctorate and helped establish modern theories of neurology. After 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 Nansen spoke out for the ending of Norway's u

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