Fridtjof Nansen is a traveler, scientist, diplomat and Norwegian politician. A symbol of courage, will and humanism. Nansen is a symbol of Norway itself. However, we should not forget that Nansen was still a simple man, with his characteristic weaknesses and desires: there were dozens of legends about the novels of the handsome polar explorer. Nansen had a difficult character; all his life he was tormented by a wide variety of contradictions, and his contemporaries considered him an anarchist. It is no secret that Nansen’s mottos were “Against the tide!” and “Burning bridges behind us!” Despite the wide popularity of Fridtjof Nansen, much has been forgotten about him, and some things are completely unknown to our contemporaries. Nansen was an outstanding biologist, a politician who did a lot for Norway to gain independence in 1905, and a diplomat who managed to “get” a king for his country. By the way, Nansen himself was offered the “royal position,” but he refused, saying that he was “too much of an egoist and prefers to maintain complete freedom of action and be a free man.” Moreover, Fridtjof Nansen was an excellent artist. He illustrated almost all of his books himself, and on expeditions he never parted with a pencil and sketchbook. Scandinavian Natalia Budur’s book “Nansen” tells about this and much more. Man and myth."