Otto Sverdrup expedition

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The Otto Sverdrup expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and claimed several islands for Norway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic exploration expedition ⓘ
Norwegian expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Fram expedition ⓘ
areaExplored Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Archipelago

Ellesmere Island region ⓘ
linked to: Ellesmere Island

northwestern Greenland waters ⓘ
claimedIsland Amund Ringnes Island ⓘ
Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ
Cornwall Island (Canadian Arctic) ⓘ
Ellef Ringnes Island ⓘ
King Christian Island ⓘ
claimedTerritoryFor Norway ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
departureCountry Norway ⓘ
departurePort Christiania ⓘ
departureTime 1898 ⓘ
duration 4 years ⓘ
endTime 1902 ⓘ
era Heroic Age of Arctic exploration ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
geographical exploration ⓘ
geology ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
hasLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
leader Otto Sverdrup ⓘ
legacy contributed to Norwegian claims in the Arctic ⓘ
improved maps of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
location Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Canadian High Arctic ⓘ
namedAfter Otto Sverdrup ⓘ
notableWork mapping of previously unknown Arctic islands ⓘ
objective Arctic exploration ⓘ
charting unknown Arctic regions ⓘ
partOf history of Norwegian polar exploration ⓘ
precededBy Fridtjof Nansen Fram expedition ⓘ
publication New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions (by Otto Sverdrup) ⓘ
result charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic ⓘ
claimed several Arctic islands for Norway ⓘ
shipFrozenInIce Fram ⓘ
shipOwner Norwegian government ⓘ
significantPerson Gunnar Isachsen ⓘ
Larsen (captain of Fram during parts of expedition) ⓘ
Otto Sverdrup ⓘ
Per Schei ⓘ
startTime 1898 ⓘ
timeInIce multiple winters 1899–1902 ⓘ
usedMethod overwintering in the Arctic ⓘ
sledge journeys over sea ice ⓘ
usedShip Fram ⓘ

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Axel Heiberg Island → exploredBy → Otto Sverdrup expedition ⓘ
Fram → notableExpedition → Otto Sverdrup Canadian Arctic expedition 1898–1902 ⓘ
subject linked to: ship Fram
linked to: Otto Sverdrup expedition