Nansen

Marit Fosse; John Fox

doi:10.5771/9780761865797

Summary

Visionary, explorer, researcher, diplomat, humanist―Fridtjof Nansen was no ordinary man. Nansen was a dedicated scientist who made an outstanding contribution to marine zoology and oceanography, an audacious adventurer who pushed our knowledge of the Arctic to new frontiers, and an indefatigable savior of human beings displaced by conflict. As a young man Nansen led two successful polar expeditions and became a national hero, participating in the birth pangs of his country―Norway. As a respected international elder statesman he began a new career in 1919 by bringing home hundreds of thousands of prisoners-of-war from the remotest corners of Europe and Siberia. He created the “Nansen Passport” for stateless people under his responsibility and sought to give the Armenian people a secure homeland. For his efforts in favor of prisoners of war, famine relief and Russian refugees, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.

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Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6578-0
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6579-7
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 134
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
1. Early Days No access
2. The Crossing of Greenland No access
3. The Voyage of the Fram No access
4. The Dash for the Pole No access
5. Norway Finds a Hero No access
6. Notes No access
1. A New Role No access
2. A Trip to Russia and the USA No access
3. Nansen and the League of Nations No access
4. The Sequel to the War No access
5. Setting Up the League of Nations No access
6. Sowing the Seeds of Future Problems No access
7. Notes No access
1. Getting to Grips with the Problem No access
2. Nansen as High Commissioner No access
3. Nansen Accepts No access
4. Getting the Prisoners Home No access
5. Where Were the Prisoners Located? No access
6. Financial Matters No access
7. Progress at Last No access
8. Nansenhilfe No access
9. Success No access
10. Who Gets the Credit? No access
11. Notes No access
1. Discontent in Russia No access
2. Famine in Russia No access
3. The Search for Funds No access
4. The League Fails to Act No access
5. Lessons Learned No access
6. Once More, Nansen Intervenes No access
7. Work Begins on the Refugee Crisis No access
8. How Many Refugees? No access
9. Notes No access
1. The Treaty of Sèvres No access
2. The Establishment of the Mandates System No access
3. Kurdistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Syria No access
4. The Fate of the Armenians No access
5. Resettling the Armenians No access
6. The Commission of Inquiry No access
7. Nansen and the Armenians No access
8. Notes No access
1. The Greeks of Smyrna No access
2. An Idea Is Born No access
3. Nansen Goes to Constantinople No access
4. An Exchange Is Agreed No access
5. The Lausanne Conference No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Origins No access
2. Refining the Model No access
3. Employment for Refugees No access
4. The Nansen Passport in Practice No access
5. The Nobel Peace Laureate No access
6. Notes No access
8 Nansen’s Heritage No access Pages 117 - 120
Chronology No access Pages 121 - 122
Bibliography No access Pages 123 - 126
Index No access Pages 127 - 134