Marit Fosse: 2 books
Nansen
Explorer and Humanitarian
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
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...
Sean Lester
The Guardian of a Small Flickering Light
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
It was an incredible destiny for a man who repeatedly announced that he was “without ambition.” Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke no languages other than English, in 1929 Sean Lester became the Irish representative to the League of Nations...