The amazing life of Fridtjof Nansen

I was amazed by this story written about the life of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen.  I don't know why I knew about other Polar adventurers like Peary and Amundsen and not about this guy.  He had an extraordinary journey trying to get to the North Pole and then an equally active life when he stopped explorations.  His idea of getting to the North Pole was to sail to northern Siberia, allow his ship to become embedded in the ice, and then drift with the polar ice from east to west to reach his destination.  He and his crew drifted for about 1.5 years and tried to dogsled it the rest of the way, but ended up not making it to the Pole.  They did, however, set the record for the highest latitude achieved at the time.  The dogsled journey back toward home was even crazier as they had to find creative ways to fend off starvation.  Nansen basically retired from exploring after this, but went on to become an expert in oceanography and a diplomat.  To top it all off, he dated women considered to be international beauties and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.  What a life!!