Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian Explorer of Greenland and the Arctic


Fridtjof Nansen


Four-Year Old Fridtjof Nansen


Nordmarka, Norway (just north of modern-day Oslo). This is where Nansen (as a teenager) Began His First Real Exploring


Jotunheimen, the Main Mountain Range in Western Norway. When Nansen was 17 Years Old, He, his Brother Alexander, and his Half-Brother Harald Bølling Trekked Through this Range.


Map of Norway, Showing Nansen's Home Town of Christiania (now called Oslo) and Bergen, Where He Worked as a Museum Curator; the Location of Jotunheimen is Also Shown


Fridtjof Nansen in Late Teens


Nansen's
Planned (red) and Actual (yellow) Routes Across Greenland in 1888


Nansen's 1888 Greenland Expedition Team. Left to Right: Ole Nielsen Ravna, Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Kristian Kristiansen, Oluf Dietrichson, and Samuel Balto


Nansen and His Team Begin their Trek Across the Greenland Ice Cap


The Long March Across the Greenland Ice Cap (1888)


Soon Into the Journey, Nansen Changed Course to Nuuk (rather than Disko Bay)


Fridtjof's wife, Eva (1930)


The First Leg of the Fram Voyage


The
Planned Drift to the North Pole


Fram


Fram Departing Bergen, Norway (July 2, 1893)


Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdup Aboard
Fram


Otto Sverdrup Aboard Fram


Fram Beset in Ice (March 1894)


Nansen and
Fram (June 15, 1894)


Fram Amidst the Ice Floes (July 14, 1894)


Fram Beset in Ice


Fram Beset in Ice


Fram in January 1895


Hjalmar Johansen Aboard
Fram


Nansen and Johansen's
Intended Route to the North Pole and Beyond


Nansen and Johansen's
Actual Route After Leaving Fram


Nansen and Johansen Depart Fram on Their Journey to the Pole - March 14, 1895


Johansen Hauling Sledge Toward Franz Josef Land


Nansen and Johansen's Journey Across the Franz Josef Land Archipelago


Sketch of Nansen's and Johansen's Winter Hut on Frederick Jackson Island (1895-1896); Because of the Snow Drifts, the Hut Appears "Under Ground"


Frederick George Jackson (left) Greeting Nansen (right) at Cape Flora, Northbrook Island (Franz Josef Land) - June 17, 1896


The Reunited Crew of
Fram in Oslo - September 1896 (Nansen is in front row, second from right)


Fridtjof Nansen in Later Years