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Fridjtof Nansen is best known for his exploration of the Arctic – in the age of Polar heroes, he towered above the rest. At the beginning of his career he worked as a zoologist and neuroscientist and made valuable contributions to the development of the Neuron Theory.
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Whiteley, W. Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930). J Neurol 253, 1653–1654 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0418-2
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