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Charles Rabot
1856–1944
An energetic French geographer and explorer, he helped bring the Arctic and Scandinavia closer to general readers through travel writing, lectures, and scientific work. He is especially remembered for pioneering polar journeys and for making the first recorded ascent of Sweden’s highest mountain, Kebnekaise, in 1883.
2 Audiobooks
La Terre de Feu d'après le Dr Otto Nordenskjöld
by Charles Rabot
A travers la Russie boréale
by Charles Rabot
About the author
Born in Nevers, France, on June 26, 1856, Charles Rabot became one of France’s best-known writers and popularizers on northern lands. He worked as a geographer, glaciologist, traveler, journalist, lecturer, translator, and explorer, with a special interest in Scandinavia and the polar regions.
Rabot traveled widely in the far north, including Norway, Lapland, Spitsbergen, Greenland, and northern Russia. Contemporary reference pages describe him as a leading French specialist on polar regions before World War I, and he is often noted for the first recorded ascent of Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden, in 1883.
He died on February 1, 1944, in Martigné-Ferchaud. For readers today, his work offers a lively window into the age of exploration, combining scientific curiosity with the excitement of travel and discovery.