His desk chair is turned toward the window, facing the only direction Dr. Fridtjof Nansen ever knew—forward.

Beginning at the North Pole, the pair had skied 600 miles to this spot off the northern coast of Franz Josef Land, the remote Siberian archipelago where Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen had ...

The Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen became the first head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees. Everyone assumed that his appointment would be temporary, like his earlier and ...

The difficult is what takes a little time, the impossible is what takes a little longer. Born in Norway in 1861, Fridtjof Nansen excelled as a scientist, polar explorer, diplomat and humanitarian.

The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award honours individuals, groups and organizations who go above and beyond the call of duty to protect refugees, displaced and stateless people. Established in 1954, the ...

Greenland itineraries will include nonstop flights from Newark, making it easier than ever to travel to Greenland.

Towering icebergs, cresting humpback whales, and more penguins than people, a Hurtigruten Antarctica cruise was truly the ...

HX Expeditions (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) is launching the first-ever cruises from New York to Greenland: a roundtrip ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

HX Expeditions (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) is launching the first-ever cruises from New York to Greenland, roundtrip ...

"China's dominance gives it a strategic advantage but also exposes vulnerabilities for other nations," says Gørild Heggelund, research professor at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo, Norway.