Which international scientific organization did Fridtjof Nansen help establish?

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Nansen, Fridtjof — Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen, 1915.

Fridtjof Nansen helped establish the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).1

Founded in 1902, this organization promotes marine research in the North Atlantic, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea. In addition to his role in its establishment, Nansen served for a time as the director of the council's central laboratory in Kristiania (now Oslo).21