Donnet, correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 James Donnet / Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Letter

Scope and Content

  • MS 1224;D Letter to Robert McCormick, 22 February 1890 [Regarding Fridtjof Nansen and the North Pole] 2 leaves, holograph (Xerox)

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to Fridtjof Nansen who was born on 10 October 1861 at Store Froen, near Oslo. He led a six-man party on the Norwegian Trans-Greenland Expedition, 1888-1889

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute holds archival collections for Fridtjof Nansen and Robert McCormack