Fram expedition 1893–1896

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The Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering Arctic voyage that attempted to reach the North Pole by intentionally freezing the ship Fram into the polar ice and drifting with it across the Arctic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic expedition ⓘ
polar exploration mission ⓘ
areaExplored Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Central Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
attemptedFrom Fram ⓘ
attemptedFromRegion near Franz Josef Land ⓘ
commander Otto Sverdrup ⓘ
commanderRank captain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
crewSizeApproximate 13 ⓘ
departureCountry Norway ⓘ
departureDate 1893-07-24 ⓘ
departurePort Christiania ⓘ
Oslo ⓘ
documentedIn Farthest North ⓘ
endDate 1896 ⓘ
iceDriftEndRegion near Svalbard ⓘ
iceDriftStartRegion New Siberian Islands region ⓘ
innovation first deliberate use of ice drift to reach high latitudes ⓘ
inspiredBy drift of the wreckage of USS Jeannette ⓘ
leader Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
legacy established Nansen as a leading polar explorer ⓘ
provided baseline data for Arctic climatology ⓘ
maxLatitudeReached 86°13′N ⓘ
maxLatitudeReachedBy Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
Hjalmar Johansen ⓘ
method drifting with pack ice across the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
notableParticipant Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
Hjalmar Johansen ⓘ
primaryObjective reach the North Pole ⓘ
result North Pole not reached ⓘ
safe return of ship and crew ⓘ
valuable scientific data collected ⓘ
returnDate 1896-08 ⓘ
scientificDiscipline botany ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
scientificOutcome confirmation of transpolar drift ⓘ
evidence for deep Arctic Ocean ⓘ
secondaryObjective scientific research in the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
shipDesigner Colin Archer ⓘ
shipOwner Norwegian government ⓘ
shipType specially strengthened wooden polar ship ⓘ
shipUsed Fram ⓘ
sponsor Norwegian government ⓘ
startDate 1893 ⓘ
strategy intentionally freezing the ship into sea ice ⓘ

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Otto Sverdrup → memberOfExpedition → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
Fram over Polhavet → subject → Fram expedition ⓘ
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Fram over Polhavet → describesEvent → Nansen’s Fram expedition ⓘ
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Fram over Polhavet → timePeriod → 1893–1896 Fram expedition ⓘ
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Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 → planningOriginallyFor → North Pole drift expedition ⓘ
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Otto Sverdrup’s Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902 → precededBy → Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram Expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
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Transpolar Drift Stream → historicallyDocumentedBy → Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram expedition ⓘ
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Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm → participantIn → Fram Expedition ⓘ
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Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → includesEvent → Fram expeditions ⓘ
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Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → includesEvent → Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram drift ⓘ
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Otto Sverdrup Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902 → precededBy → Fridtjof Nansen Fram Expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
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Hjalmar Johansen → participantIn → Fram expedition ⓘ
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Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1888 → inspired → Nansen's Fram expedition ⓘ
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Fram → notableExpedition → Fridtjof Nansen Arctic drift expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
subject linked to: ship Fram
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Fram → tookPartIn → Nansen Fram expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: ship Fram
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Otto Sverdrup expedition → precededBy → Fridtjof Nansen Fram expedition ⓘ
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Maud Arctic expedition → precededBy → Fram expedition ⓘ
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