{"product_id":"9781783342457","title":"Farthest North","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures and drift to the North Pole as a scientific experiment to prove that the polar cap was a sheet of ice floating on the oceans.\u003c\/b\u003eExperts said that such a mission was tantamount to suicide. His disappearance for three years created such a media sensation that when he was found paddling back to civilisation dressed in walrus skin his stirring first-person account of the expedition's historic achievements became an instant international bestseller, the first of its kind!","brand":"Fridtjof Nansen","offers":[{"title":"Global Book Sales |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-12-08","offer_id":44230059458815,"sku":"9781783342457","price":37.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1101b83a-6cc4-4ce2-a17f-8005cc697153.jpg?v=1692996344","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781783342457","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}