Second Fram Expedition

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Arctic exploration expedition Norwegian polar expedition

The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic exploration expedition ⓘ Norwegian polar expedition ⓘ
baseOfOperations	Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
cartographicContribution	improved maps of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ mapped previously unknown Arctic islands ⓘ
commandStructure	single-ship expedition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Norway ⓘ
departureCountry	Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
departurePort	Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ
discovered	Amund Ringnes Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Axel Heiberg Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellef Ringnes Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
duration	4 years ⓘ
endDate	1902 ⓘ
era	Heroic Age of Arctic exploration ⓘ
explored	Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Jones Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Third Fram Expedition ⓘ
homePort	Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfExpedition	Norwegian ⓘ
leader	Otto Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainObjective	advance polar geography ⓘ chart unknown Arctic islands and coastlines ⓘ
namedAfter	ship Fram ⓘ
notableMember	Gunnar Isachsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Harald Ulrik Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ Per Schei NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInRegion	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian High Arctic ⓘ
precededBy	First Fram Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic ⓘ significantly advanced knowledge of Arctic geography ⓘ
scientificDiscipline	geography ⓘ geology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ zoology ⓘ
shipCaptain	Otto Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor	Norwegian government NERFINISHED ⓘ private Norwegian interests ⓘ
startDate	1898 ⓘ
usedNavigationMethod	dog sleds ⓘ ski travel ⓘ sledging ⓘ
usedShip	Fram NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedVesselDesigner	Colin Archer NERFINISHED ⓘ
vesselType	wooden polar exploration ship ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902