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Description: Map of the Arctic Ocean showing the routes taken during the 1893–96 Nansen's Fram expedition:   Fram's route eastward from Vardø to the Siberian coast, turning north at the New Siberian Islands to enter the pack ice. July – September 1893   Fram's drift in the ice from the New Siberian Islands, north and west to Spitsbergen, September 1893 – August 1896   Nansen and Johansen's march to Farthest North, 86°20'N, and their subsequent retreat to Cape Flora in Franz Josef Land. February 1895 – June 1896   Nansen and Johansen's return to Vardø from Cape Flora, August 1896   Fram's voyage from Spitsbergen to Tromsø, August 1896
Title: Nansen Fram Map
Credit: Base map of European and Asian mainland is from File:Map of Russian Subjects old.png by User:fremantleboy, map of Spitsbergen (Svalbard) is based on File:Bjornoya map.png by User:NormanEinstein. Voyage traces based on this map from The Northern Lights Route. First published in Nansen, Fridtjof: Farthest North, Constable & Co, London 1897
Author: User:fremantleboy, User:NormanEinstein, Ruhrfisch
Permission: GFDL, CC-BY-SA
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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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