The Fram: Profile of a Famous Polar Exploration Vessel

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Schledermann, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Amundsen; Roald Englebregt Gravning; 1872-1928; Biology; Design and construction; Expeditions; Exploration; Fram (Ship); History; Movement; Oceanography; Pack ice; Research; Sverdrup; Otto; 1854-1930; Antarctic regions; Arctic waters; Canadian Arctic Islands; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Greenland; Arctic; Antarctic; South Pole; North Pole; Fridtjof; Antarc*; eskimo*; Fridtjof Nansen; GRIP; South pole
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64735

. In 1884, Eskimos hunting off the south coast of Greenland found a number of relics from the Jeanette on an ice floe, including a provisions note written by its commander, De Long. The drift pattern of Siberian timbers and now the startling relics from the Jeanette convinced Fridtjof Nansen that a...