After a short period of internment on the Lofoten Islands, Schwitters fled to Scotland with his son on the icebreaker Fridtjof Nansen between 8 and 18 June 1940.

Led by Fridtjof Nansen, the Commission for Refugees was established on 27 June 1921 to look after the interests of refugees, including overseeing their repatriation and, when necessary, resettlement.

In April 1895 the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen struck out for the Pole on skis after leaving Nansen's icebound ship Fram.

The ancient perimeter, according to Nansen based on the 23800, was 2375 miles.

Historian Beau Riffenburgh states that the promise to Scott " should never ethically have been demanded ", and compares Scott's intransigence on this matter unfavourably with the generous attitudes of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who gave freely of his advice and expertise to all, whether they were potential rivals or not.

Using the ship Fram (" Forward "), earlier used by Fridtjof Nansen, he left Norway for the south, leaving Oslo on 3 June 1910.

Population transfer prevented further attacks on minorities in the respective states while Nansen was awarded a Nobel Prize for Peace.

The first international co-ordination on refugee affairs came with the League of Nations ' appointment of Fridtjof Nansen to the newly created post of High Commissioner for Refugees.

Also in her capacity as vicereine, in 1986 Sauvé accepted on behalf of the " People of Canada " the Nansen Medal, and, two years later, opened the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta.

Whilst leading this expedition, Jackson and his men were contacted on 17 June 1896, by the Norwegian arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his companion Hjalmar Johansen, whom had not been heard of for three years and were presumed dead, who were trying to reach Spitsbergen by kayak.

Jackson informed him that they were in fact on Franz Josef Land, and with Jackson's help, Nansen and Johansen were able to return home, departing aboard the Windward on 7 August.

Fridtjof Nansen believed that the use of sled dogs was the only effective way to explore the north and used Samoyeds on his polar expeditions.

Explorers like Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile and Fridtjof Nansen made use of the know-how in Tromsø on the conditions in the Arctic, and often recruited their crew in the city.

In 1883, Fridtjof Nansen participated, and was a main attraction, having then won fame by finishing the distance Bergen to Oslo on skis.

Joined Fridtjof Nansen across Greenland in 1888 and captain on the Fram on the polar drift in 1893 – 1896 and the 2nd Fram expedition in 1898 – 1902.

Fridtjof Nansen developed an alcohol stove in the 1880s based on the work of Adolphus Greely that improved on early designs and later became the basis of the Trangia cooker.

He shipped out with Fridtjof Nansen's Fram expedition in 1893 – 1896, and accompanied Nansen to notch a new Farthest North record near the North Pole on what was then the frozen Arctic Ocean.

On their way home, Johansen and Nansen were forced to spend the winter on Franz Josef Land because of severe damage to their kayaks when crossing open channels in the ice.

" In the same year, The UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) named Memorial the winner of the annual Nansen Refugee Award for its wide range of services on behalf of forced migrants and internally displaced people in the Russian Federation, as well as refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

On 11 March 1900 Cagni left the camp and reached latitude 86 ° 34 ’ on 25 April, setting a new record by beating Nansen ’ s result of 1895 by 35 to 40 kilometres.

At some point he may also have studied under Nanquan Puyuan ( 748-835 ) ( Wade-Giles: Nan-ch ’ üan P ’ u-yüan ; Japanese: Nansen Fugan ), a student of Mazu Daoyi ( Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu Tao-i ; Japanese: Baso Dōitsu ) ( 709-788 )

The explorer Fridtjof Nansen explains this apparent fantasy of Pytheas as a mistake of Timaeus.

Strabo and Diodorus Siculus ) never saw Pytheas ' work, says Nansen, but they and others read of him in Timaeus.

Scott also visits Fridtjof Nansen, who insists that a polar expedition must use dogs.

Approximately 450, 000 Nansen passports were issued, helping hundreds of thousands of stateless people to immigrate to a country that would have them.

Greenland dogs have been used on many expeditions by explorers, the most famous being Fridtjof Nansen.

334 Squadron will only have its command post and maintenance facilities at Bardufoss, as the helicopters will be stationed on the new Fridtjof Nansen class frigates when they arrive.

More than 60 individuals, groups or organizations have won the Nansen Refugee Award since Eleanor Roosevelt became the first winner in 1954.

There have been several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy named after the Norwegian explorer and Nobel peace prize winner Fridtjof Nansen.

At the age of 18, he met Nánquán Pǔyuàn ( 南泉普願 748 – 835 ; J: Nansen Fugan ), a successor of Mǎzǔ Dàoyī ( 709 – 788 ; J. Baso Do-itsu ), and eventually received the Dharma from him.

Nordenskiöld, Nansen, Amundsen, DeLong, Makarov and others also led expeditions ; mainly for scientific and cartographic purposes.

* Odd Nansen, Norwegian architect and humanitarian ; son of Fridtjof Nansen

* Eigil Nansen, athlete and architect ; son of Odd Nansen

In Norway Borchgrevink divided opinion ; Roald Amundsen was a long-time friend and supporter, whereas Fridtjof Nansen, according to Scott, spoke of him as a " tremendous fraud ".

* Fridtjof Nansen ( 1911 ) In Northern Mists ; Arctic exploration in early times.

Georg Ossian Sars was born on April 20, 1837, in Kinn, Norway ( now part of Flora ), the son of Michael Sars and Maren Sars ; the historian Ernst Sars was his elder brother, and the singer Eva Nansen was his younger sister.

The definition of a refugee at this time was an individual with either a Nansen passport or a " Certificate of Eligibility " issued by the International Refugee Organization.

These eighteen months of crisis established his influence in the capital once for all and at the same time knitted him closely to Frederick III, who recognized in Nansen a man after his own heart, and made the great burgomaster his chief instrument in carrying through the anti-aristocratic Revolution of 1660.

Around this time Sverdrup also met the lawyer Alexander Nansen who lived in Namsos.

By the time Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup drifted through the polar ice pack in Fram in 1893 – 1895, the Open Polar Sea theory was defunct.

For the last time, they discuss the Zen story of Nansen and the kitten.