Fridtjof Nansen - North Pole Expedition 1893–1896

21.11.2023

Above: F. Nansen is sitting in the center, and on the left you can see a small white dog. Year 1913.

In 1893, the Norwegian explorer of the Arctic, Fridtjof Nansen, set off on one of the most well-known expeditions of all time. On board the legendary Fram, which could resist the pressure of ice blocks and spend the winter on frozen sea, he sailed towards the North Pole. When he realised that, after two years of drifting, the ship was going to miss the Pole, he headed to the northernmost point of the Earth on foot, accompanied by Lieutenant Johansen and dragging a sled. Even though he did not reach the Pole eventually, he moved – by nearly 3 degrees northwards – the until-then northernmost point reached by man, and his courage and an original plan left an indelible mark in the history of world expeditions. Nansen described his three-year-long journey in voluminous diaries, which are as captivating and poetic as the Nordic landscape, covered with permanent snow.

On his expedition, Nansen had acquired Siberian dogs, which includes a large number of Samoyed dogs. 


 The book Farthest North

Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893–96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. JohansenBy Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the FramAbout 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, and Photogravures
In two volumes
Vol. I.
New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers


Click on the link to read online: https://www.hellenicaworld.com/Norway/Literature/FridtjofNansen/en/FarthestNorth1.html 

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30197/30197-h/30197-h.htm?fbclid=IwAR1f4EUgQJVkdSHW6LtrtJG3tx2DNxkQG8lj_wI7-DeuKfUbvH9h8-7uU3o 

Kvik which is mentioned under the picture with the dogs' names and weight vas not a samoyed. She was Nansens dog, black, not the Kvik behind samoyeds history pedigrees.