 Complete the following phrase:  Nansen was now considered an oracle by all would-be explorers of the north and south polar regions. Abruzzi had consulted him, as had the Belgian Adrien de Gerlache, each of whom took expeditions to the Antarctic. Although Nansen refused to meet his own countryman and fellow-explorer Carsten Borchgrevink whom he considered a fraud, he gave advice to Robert Falcon Scott on polar equipment and transport, prior to the 190104 