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Noun: Nansen  nan-sun
  1. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930)
    - Fridtjof Nansen

Type of: adventurer, explorer, national leader, statesman, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Nansen, Peter