Show 4 t I 3 TORIES STORIES ii IN f N J I J tt p 4 Si 1 t AKA B By I. I S. S Klein P I i i JV g N Nw w 1 It V VIKING I t J to r d t m E. E m Jl J 4 1 lt j 1 S r S 1 SOME COME OME 40 years ago a sturdy young giant of now Oslo left his country of Norway Norway Norway Nor Nor- way with a crew of 13 to prove h that the Arctic Ocean had a natural natural natural nat nat- ural drift from east to west Other scientists ridiculed the idea but I Fridtjof Nansen went on Nansen soon found that he was right As his ship drifted westward westward westward west west- ward with the ice pack he pushed across the ice afoot to the North Pole He came within miles of the Pole the farthest north i f reached by man up to that time Since then Nansen has become becomes I famous not only for tor his explorations but for his human ors ors He was once Norwegian minIster minister min min- ister aster to London and during the thel World War aided in repatriation repatriations I and nd refugee work For this he received received re re- the Nobel peace prize In in 1922 e To Today day i 3 a 31 little over 70 81 Nansen is one of the most Ii f respected veterans vet vet- r craps erans of seta set set- a once c n e in the the w world 0 rId H His Is picture u r e apI appears appears ap- ap I I pea pears r S on a 8 stamp issued by Norway in 1935 Copyright 1036 NEA Service Ine Inc I NEXT NET Who was the Austrian I Vallee Vanee of years rears ago apT 41 4 |