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Fridtjof Nansen's Fram Expedition natural history observations (1893–1896)

Fridtjof Nansen's Fram Expedition natural history observations (1893–1896)

  1. Nansen proposes drifting with Arctic pack ice

    Labels: Fridtjof Nansen, Fram expedition

  2. Fram departs Oslo for the Arctic

    Labels: Fram, Kristiania

  4. Scientific routine begins aboard a drifting “lab”

    Labels: Fram, scientific program

  5. Ocean soundings reveal a deep Arctic basin

    Labels: ocean soundings, Arctic Ocean

  6. Nansen designs the Nansen bottle sampler

    Labels: Nansen bottle, Fridtjof Nansen

  7. Nansen and Johansen leave Fram for polar march

    Labels: Fridtjof Nansen, Hjalmar Johansen

  8. “Farthest North” reached; turn back south

    Labels: Farthest North, Nansen and

  9. Nansen and Johansen winter on Franz Josef Land

    Labels: Franz Josef, Nansen and

  10. Fram reaches peak latitude during continued drift

    Labels: Fram, ship drift

  11. Chance meeting with Frederick Jackson at Cape Flora

    Labels: Frederick Jackson, Cape Flora

  12. Nansen returns to Norway aboard Windward

    Labels: Windward, Vard

  13. Fram breaks free and leaves the ice

    Labels: Fram, Spitsbergen

  14. Farthest North published as a public expedition account

    Labels: Farthest North, Fridtjof Nansen

  15. Scientific Results series begins publication

    Labels: Scientific Results, Norwegian North

  16. Scientific Results series concludes; legacy in ocean science

    Labels: Scientific Results, oceanography