{"product_id":"through-siberia-the-land-of-the-future-paperback-9781108071499","title":"Through Siberia, the Land of the Future (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108071499","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThrough Siberia, the Land of the Future\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in English in 1914, Nansen's travel narrative remains of value to anyone interested in Siberia and its native peoples.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFridtjof Nansen (Author), Arthur G. Chater (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108071499, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e602 pages, 95 b\/w illus.  3 maps\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 3.1 cm, 0.95 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn August 1913, the explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), who later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, set off from Norway to find a sea route across the north of the Eurasian continent. This 'north-east passage' had been the goal of explorers since the sixteenth century, but Nansen's object, as he puts it, was 'to open up a regular trade connexion with the interior of Siberia, via the Kara Sea and the mouth of the Yenisei'. By the time the book was published in English translation in 1914, the First World War had begun, and the need for ways to keep supplies and troops moving between Russia and her western allies made it even more timely. Nansen's delightfully written account of 'the land of the future' remains of value to anyone seeking to find out more about the geography, resources, and native peoples of Siberia.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePublisher's note\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Norway to the Kara Sea\u003cbr\u003e 2. Visits from Samoyedes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Through the ice northward along Yamal\u003cbr\u003e 4. Open sea, eastward to the Yenisei\u003cbr\u003e 5. Nosonovski Pesok and the Samoyedes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Waiting to go on\u003cbr\u003e 7. Up the Yenisei\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dudinka to the Kureika\u003cbr\u003e 9. Troitskiy Monastir, and on to the south\u003cbr\u003e 10. Verkhne-Imbatskoye to Sumarokova\u003cbr\u003e 11. From Sumarokova to Yeniseisk\u003cbr\u003e 12. Yeniseisk to Krasnoyarsk and beyond\u003cbr\u003e 13. The colonisation and development of Siberia\u003cbr\u003e 14. Irkutsk to Vladivostok\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Ussuri region, Vladivostok and Khabarovsk\u003cbr\u003e 16. Russia in the east\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Amur district and the Amur railway\u003cbr\u003e 18. From the Bureya to Transbaikalia\u003cbr\u003e 19. Homeward through Siberia\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913198100760,"sku":"9781108071499","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108071499i.jpg?v=1696748889","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/through-siberia-the-land-of-the-future-paperback-9781108071499","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}