24 June 1893–9 September 1896
Nansen’s Fram Expedition
Fridtjof Nansen deliberately froze Fram into Arctic pack ice to test whether a transpolar current could carry a ship across the Arctic Ocean.
Person
Hjalmar Johansen
Norwegian explorer who accompanied Nansen on the sled and kayak journey toward the Pole and Franz Josef Land.
Lifespan1867–1913
Rolespolar traveller
Related expeditions
Sources and further reading
- The First Fram Expedition (1893–1896), The Fram Museum. Detailed chronology, route, drift, and separate sled journey.