What is Fridtjof Nansen?
{{nobelprize|Peace}} {{Infobox person | name = Fridtjof Nansen | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09772, Fridjof Nansen.jpg | image_size = | alt = Head and shoulders portrait of Fridtjof Nansen, facing half-right. He has close-cropped hair, a wide, fair moustache and is wearing a heavy fur coat. | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1861|10|10}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1930|5|13|1861|10|10}} | birth_place = Store Frøen, [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now called Oslo), [[Norway]] | death_place = [[Polhøgda]], [[Lysaker]], Norway | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | education = [[University of Oslo|The Royal Frederick University]] | spouse = {{nowrap|[[Eva Sars]] (died 1 December 1907)<br />Sigrun Munthe}} | children = 2 daughters, 3 sons | parents = Baldur Nansen and Adelaide (née Wedel-Jarlsberg) Nansen | occupation = Scientist, explorer, humanitarian | awards = {{nowrap|[[Nobel Peace Prize]] <small>(1922)</small><br />[[Order of St. Olav|Kongelige Norske St. Olavs Orden]]<br />[[Order of the Dannebrog]]<br />[[National Order of the Legion of Honor]]<br />[[Order of St. Stanislaus]]<br />[[Cullum Geographical Medal]] <small>(1897)</small><br />[[Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography|Vega Medal]] <small>(1889)</small>}}<br> [[Constantine Medal]]<small> (1907)</small> | influences = | signature = Fridtjof Nansen (signature).svg }} '''Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen''' (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[explorer]], [[historian]], [[scientist]], [[Diplomacy|diplomat]], [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] and a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner. From 1922 to 1927, Nansen was the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]]. ==Career== In his youth a champion [[skier]] and [[Ice skate|ice skater]], he led the team that made the first crossing of the [[Greenland]] interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a record northern [[latitude]] of 86°14′ durin