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consideration of the whole field, and eventually
brought new and beneficent results of a very
substantial nature.
The same thing is likely to be the outcome of
Nansen’s attack on the Vinland sagas. He is not a
specialist in the field of historical and literary
investigation, as Bugge was in the field of Eddie
literature and Norse mythology. But he is a man of keen
mind and great intellectiial experience. Ilis
conclusions are not to be sniffed at. They will have to
be met by intellectual acumen akin to his own.
Dr. Nansen has achieved great things in his special
field of aretie exploration and allied scientific
investigation, and he is wonderfully well informed in the
general literature that has any bearing on this field.
A peep into the introductory chapter of his last work
will convince any one of that. In the preparation
of this work, entitled Nord i Taakeheimen, ’ ’ which
treats of arctic exploration, he was led to a
consideration of the sagas telling of Norse discovery and
colonization in arctic regions. And as the “Saga of
Erik the Bed” tells the story of the discovery and
settlement of Greenland, he very naturally came to a
study of it.
Dr. Nansen has been a pioneer in certain matters
relating to his special field of arctic exploration. Now
the pioneer in any field is not particularly concerned
or troubled, if his methods run counter to established
usage or authority. But such a. pioneer’s methods
are usually due to a careful study of the other
workers in his field, whose inadequacy of method
his keen eye haR perceived. In Nansen’s case this
was illustrated when he sailed the “Fram” into the
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