THE MAN WHO WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING VERY, VERY WELL

“Celui qui voulait tout faire très très bien” | Alexis Jenni & Zafouko Yamamoto | Paulsen Jeunesse | 44pp | 25 x 31 cm

Fridtjof Nansen, the explorer who saved thousands of lives, explained to children by Alexis Jenni (winner of the 2011 Goncourt Prize, France’s most prestigious literary award)

During his life, Fridtjof did everything very well, but very well was never enough, he was always looking for ways to do very, very well. He studied zoology, devoted himself to scientific research, drew and wrote. It still wasn’t enough. As no one had ever done it before, he decided to cross Greenland on skis. Then, as he often thought of the Great White, at the top of the world, he wanted to be the first to go to the North Pole, and that would be really, really good. The expedition lasted three years, and he survived the cold and hunger, but he never made it to the Pole. That wasn’t so good, so he wanted to do something even better, but for others this time. After the First World War, he created a passport for those who no longer had a country and saved thousands of lives. And that was very, very good indeed.

In the same series: «The one who knew how to look after herself»

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