Public auction #38

1891, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, handwritten letter from "Lysaker July 4th", in which he tells the (unknown) addressee that he can gather informations about his previous expedition in several magazines. He also tells about his future plans, that he intends to start a new expedition in February 1892, but that this is still uncertain since some difficulties have occurred and the ship is being built. (Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1930 was a Norwegian Polar explorer who got the closest so far to the Pole in 1895) (M)