Hjalmar Johansen
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Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen was a Norwegian polar explorer. He participated on the first and third Fram expeditions. He shipped out with the Fridtjof Nansen expedition in 1893–1896, and accompanied Nanse
Johansen in 1896
Nansen's Fram expedition
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Nansen's Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east–west current of the Arctic Ocean. In
Fram leaves Bergen on 2 July 1893, bound for the Arctic Ocean
Fridtjof Nansen at the time of his Greenland crossing
Section and Plan drawings for Fram, as agreed between Nansen and shipbuilder Colin Archer
Colin Archer, designer and builder of Fram