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More images from the arctic, these being plates made from watercolors from Fridtjof Nansen’s “In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-96” Volume I, published in Leipzig in 1897 by F.A. Brockhaus.
“Sonnenuntergant an der nordkuste asiens: das land im norden der Chalanga Mündung, 12 September, 1893.” Page 116, Volume 1. 1897. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n116“In der Polarnacht” (24 Nov. 1883). Page 268, Volume 1. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n268“Nordlicht.” (18 October, 1894). Page 358, Volume 1. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n358“Nordlichtkrone (22 October, 1894). Page 531. Volume 1. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n520
There is also a volume II with more plates. See those soon.
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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