Fridjof Nansen (1861–1930)

This black-and-white photograph shows the Norwegian explorer, scientist and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) in 1897. In the year before the Fram expedition, his attempt to reach the North Pole by harnessing the natural current of the Arctic Ocean, had come to an end. A studied zoologist, Nansen worked as a curator at the University Museum of Bergen and later became interested in Oceanography. His diplomatic influence was instrumental in guaranteeing Norway's independent status when he served as the Norwegian representative in London between 1906 and 1908. In 1921 Nansen was appointed the League of Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of the displaced victims of World War I and related conflicts in the following year.

Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), black-and-white photograph, 1897, photographer: Henry Van der Weyde (1838–1924); source: Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, https://ifl.wissensbank.com/qlinkdb/cat/ID=145732000, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.