Fram expedition 1893–1896

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Arctic expedition polar exploration mission

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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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
1893–1896 Fram expedition 1
Fram Expedition 1
Fram expedition 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic expedition ⓘ
polar exploration mission ⓘ
areaExplored Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
attemptedFrom Fram NERFINISHED ⓘ
attemptedFromRegion near Franz Josef Land ⓘ
commander Otto Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderRank captain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
crewSizeApproximate 13 ⓘ
departureCountry Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
departureDate 1893-07-24 ⓘ
departurePort Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn Farthest North NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1896 ⓘ
iceDriftEndRegion near Svalbard ⓘ
iceDriftStartRegion New Siberian Islands region NERFINISHED ⓘ
innovation first deliberate use of ice drift to reach high latitudes ⓘ
inspiredBy drift of the wreckage of USS Jeannette ⓘ
leader Fridtjof Nansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy established Nansen as a leading polar explorer ⓘ
provided baseline data for Arctic climatology ⓘ
maxLatitudeReached 86°13′N ⓘ
maxLatitudeReachedBy Fridtjof Nansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hjalmar Johansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
method drifting with pack ice across the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
notableParticipant Fridtjof Nansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hjalmar Johansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipOwner Norwegian government NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipType specially strengthened wooden polar ship ⓘ
shipUsed Fram NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor Norwegian government NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1893 ⓘ
strategy intentionally freezing the ship into sea ice ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fram over Polhavet → describesEvent → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nansen’s Fram expedition
Transpolar Drift Stream → historicallyDocumentedBy → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram expedition
Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → includesEvent → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fram expeditions
Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → includesEvent → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram drift
Otto Sverdrup → memberOfExpedition → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm → participantIn → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fram Expedition
Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 → planningOriginallyFor → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Pole drift expedition
Otto Sverdrup’s Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902 → precededBy → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram Expedition 1893–1896
Fram over Polhavet → subject → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fram expedition
Fram over Polhavet → timePeriod → Fram expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1893–1896 Fram expedition