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Framgutterne : tre aar gjennem skrugar og nat : beretning om nordpolsfærden
Fridtjof Nansen hadde strenge klausuler i mannskapskontraktene på “Fram” som hindret folkene i å gi ut egne beretninger om ferden. Én mann, elektrikeren Bernard Nordahl, trosset bestemmelsen, og ga ut en “uautorisert” beretning om ekspedisjonen. Den gir et ytterligere innblikk i hvorledes det var å befinne seg ombord i en og samme skute i drivisen i tre år, utover de “godkjente” beskrivelsene til Nansen, Sverdrup, og Johansen.
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192 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1898
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Bernhard Nordahl
4 booksNordahl was electrical engineer on the 1st Fram Expedition 1893-96.
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December 4, 2017
This book tells the story of the ship Fram and its crew of 13 men , who froze into the polar ice and drifted with it for 3 years. The expedition was lead by Fridtjof Nansen, who wrote his account of the journey in Fram over polhavet (Farthest North).
Fridtjof Nansen had strict clauses in the crew contracts on "Fram" which prevented the people from issuing their own reports about the journey. One man, the electrician Bernard Nordahl, violated the provision, and issued an "unauthorized" report of the expedition. It gives a further insight into how it was to be on board in one and the same ship in the ice for three years, including three deep northern winters (with no Internet connection!) These people may have been the most isolate people in human history. No one knew where they where, and even if they did, had no means of getting there.
Nansen tried hard to cover or evade points where the expedition was not a success. For instance we hear about how large a problem condensation freezing to ice on the inside was in other expeditions. He hints that Fram was better than that. Nordahl writes:
"...i salonen. Luften der, saavelsom i lugarerne, er da ogsaa alt andet end lun og behagelig. Den kjendes isende klam og raa, og det siler fra væggene og drypper fra taget af isvand."
Also Nansen was not onboard Fram during the third winter. That third winter sounds like a collective major depression. It made me wonder if the organism can build up depression so slowly from lack of sunlight.
After having read Nansen “Fram over polhavet” I wanted more of the same thing. This book returning to Fram was exactly that. Also it was very interesting – made me think of a piece of art literature – with unreliable first person accounts. There are some major differences between Nordahl and Nansen.
Nordahl writes well, specially for a non-profressionel writer. The book can be read as stand alone, but you should read Nansen's account first. I do not know if there exists and English translation. I read the original Norweigian version.
Fridtjof Nansen had strict clauses in the crew contracts on "Fram" which prevented the people from issuing their own reports about the journey. One man, the electrician Bernard Nordahl, violated the provision, and issued an "unauthorized" report of the expedition. It gives a further insight into how it was to be on board in one and the same ship in the ice for three years, including three deep northern winters (with no Internet connection!) These people may have been the most isolate people in human history. No one knew where they where, and even if they did, had no means of getting there.
Nansen tried hard to cover or evade points where the expedition was not a success. For instance we hear about how large a problem condensation freezing to ice on the inside was in other expeditions. He hints that Fram was better than that. Nordahl writes:
"...i salonen. Luften der, saavelsom i lugarerne, er da ogsaa alt andet end lun og behagelig. Den kjendes isende klam og raa, og det siler fra væggene og drypper fra taget af isvand."
Also Nansen was not onboard Fram during the third winter. That third winter sounds like a collective major depression. It made me wonder if the organism can build up depression so slowly from lack of sunlight.
After having read Nansen “Fram over polhavet” I wanted more of the same thing. This book returning to Fram was exactly that. Also it was very interesting – made me think of a piece of art literature – with unreliable first person accounts. There are some major differences between Nordahl and Nansen.
Nordahl writes well, specially for a non-profressionel writer. The book can be read as stand alone, but you should read Nansen's account first. I do not know if there exists and English translation. I read the original Norweigian version.
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