WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Woodrow Wilson
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The British Monarchy
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Norwegian explorer and scientist, Fridtjof Nansen.
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The Secretary-General of the League, Eric Drummond.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 successful efforts to repatriate prisoners of war.
Detailed explanation-2: -He published a sixvolume report of the Fram expedition that remains a major reference on the Arctic Ocean. He also designed several instruments still in common use, including the Nansen bottle, a device used to collect pure samples of sea water at given depths.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861 in Christiania (now called Oslo). In 1880, he entered the University choosing zoology as his main subject. In the spring and summer of 1881, he took part in an expedition on board the sealer Viking to the Arctic Ocean.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fridtjof Nansen (October 10, 1861-May 13, 1930) was born at Store Frøen, near Oslo.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nansen’s Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east–west current of the Arctic Ocean.