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.
Place
Vardø
Fram’s final Norwegian departure point and Nansen’s return landfall.
Coordinates70.37, 31.11
Related expeditions
Sources and further reading
- The First Fram Expedition (1893–1896), The Fram Museum. Detailed chronology, route, drift, and separate sled journey.
- Wikidata Geographic Coordinates, Wikimedia Foundation and Wikidata contributors. CC0 geographic coordinates used to verify unambiguous named places during the July 2026 coordinate audit. This source supports contemporary point placement only, not historical route or chronology claims.