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Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen (/ˈfrɪdtʃɒf ˈnænsən/, Norwegian: [ˈfɾɪtˌjɔf ˈnɑnsn̩]; 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 led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.

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Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Alas, Block, Disappointment, Ridge, View, Views

Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.

Struggle, Humility, Ignorant, Knowledge, Conditions, Happiness

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

Possible And Impossible, Littles, Achieving The Impossible, Longer, Impossible, Difficult

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

Fall, Fighting, Love Is, Softest, Deepest, Left

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

Lines, Littles, Retreat, Afraid, Longer, Likely

You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.

Body, People, Soul

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Moving On, Letting Go, Moving Forward, Choice, Forward, Demolish

The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of a superior element in the population, which might prove troublesome, and to this must be added the motive of greed.

Element, Greed, Political, Population, Prove

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

Sports, Thinking, Church, Skiing, Think, Sport

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

Lonely, Civilization, Rushing, Noisy, Come

The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge; man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, is no longer a man.

Struggle, Men, Light, Discuss, Man, Know

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Struggle, Glimpse, Sides, Happiness, Side, Towards

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Afraid, Likely, Stop, Wrong

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

Invention, Line, Lines, Retreat

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

Know, Knows, Longer, Man, Men, Want

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

Continue, Succeeded

If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose sombre shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace.

Confidence, Differences, Fear, Lasting, Peace, Shadow