Word: nansen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Thompson, ever a brilliant rationalizer of ideas, says that her plan developed largely from conversations with German Credit Expert Moritz Schlesinger, friend of the late great Refugee Worker Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. It consists, in its simplest terms, of an international corporation for trading in refugees. Capital for this company, tentatively called "International Resettlement Co.," would take the form of billions of dollars of blocked German marks, Hungarian pengos, Rumanian lei, etc., now owed refugees and foreign investors who cannot collect them outside the countries in question. The corporation would contract to evacuate a batch of refugees, offering the emigrating...
...antipodes from Little America. The erroneous press reports probably arise from misinterpretation of Krenkel's remarks that his present radio equipment is based on his (communication) experience with the Byrd Expedition in 1930. Occasional two-way radio communication with station RPX of the Russian Polar Expedition on Fridtjof Nansen (Franz Joseph) Land constituted one of the most interesting outside connections to us at Little America during 1929-30; when we reported sitting down to supper during the Antarctic summer of continuous daylight, the Russians remarked they were just eating their breakfast in the middle of their Polar night winter...
...special telegram to the CRIMSON, Alf Halvorsen, president of the Nansen Ski Club, sponsors of the race, announced that lack of snow and impassable road conditions have necessitated this move. The committee now plans to hold the races on Saturday and Sunday, April...
Among the teams competing in the races were Dartmouth, the Ski Club Hochgebirge, the Schussverein, the Newport Ski Club, the Nansen Ski Club, and others...
Other strong teams are being sent by the Schussverein, Hochgebirge, and White Mountain Ski Runners, while entries are expected from the Nansen Ski Club, The Brattleboro Ski Club, and the Dartmouth Alumni Outing Club...