Fridtjof Nansen

thumb|150px|right|Fridtjof Nansen (1890) thumb|A bust of Fridtjof Nansen, Yerevan Fridtjof Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96. Quotes The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness towards light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge; man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer man. Nansen Fridtjof A New Route to the North Pole https://books.google.com/books?id=KPoLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA693 11 August 1891 The Forum 693–709 It is better to go skiing and think of God, than to go to church and think of sport. Quoted in The New Yorker 86 15 March 2010 56 The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer. Quoted in Shapiro Fred R. The Yale Book of Quotations https://books.google.com/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA545 2006 Yale University Press 0-300-10798-6 545 Let me tell you the secret of such so-called successes as there have been in my life, and here I believe I give you really good advice. It was to burn my boats and demolish my bridges behind me. Then one loses no time in looking behind, when one should have quite enough to do in looking ahead... Rectorial address delivered at St. Andrews University, 3 November 1926. Translated in Nansen Fridtjof Adventure, and other papers https://books.google.com/books?id=G6snAQAAMAAJ 1927 Books for Libraries Press 27 External Links Category:Academics from Norway Category:Polymaths Category:Zoologists Category:Ambassadors Category:Diplomats of Norway Category:Educators Category:Explorers from Norway Category:Politicians from Norway Category:Atheists Category:Nobel Peace Prize laureates Category:Nobel laureates from Norway Category:People from Oslo Category:1861 births Category:1930 deaths