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Nansen Plans Fram Arctic Drift and Electric Light Scheme
Dr Fridtjof Nansen outlines a bold Arctic crossing using a strong wooden ship Fram and ice drift strategy with an on deck windmill powered dynamo to light the crew through long polar dark months. The article also recounts a Jan Mayen tragedy with seven sailors dying from scurvy and cold after a 1633 Dutch expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fridtjof Nansen
North Polar
Royal Geographical Society of London
Fall Mall Ludge
Dr. Nansen
Laurvik
Fram
Sorward
Arctic
Spitsbergen
Greenland
Avery
Poe
Pole
Siberian
Orna
Nansen Anid
Jan Mayen
Manche
Spitzberren
Hague
Girele
Iee
Spitzbergen
Senina
Beeren
Jone
Hudson
Janree
Henry Hulson
Leak Island
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucet
Island
Jan Maren
Cratsc Adams