Otto Sverdrup Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902

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Otto Sverdrup Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902 was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage led by Otto Sverdrup that extensively charted previously unknown regions of the Canadian High Arctic.

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instanceOf Arctic exploration expedition
Norwegian polar expedition
baseOfOperations Fram Harbour on Ellesmere Island
claimedTerritoryFor Norway
collectedData botanical specimens
geological observations
meteorological observations
zoological specimens
countryOfOrigin Norway
discovered Amund Ringnes Island
Axel Heiberg Island
Ellef Ringnes Island
Ellesmere Island coastal regions
linked to: Ellesmere Island

King Christian Island
documented Inuit communities in the Canadian High Arctic
endDate 1902
laterRecognizedBy Canada
leader Otto Sverdrup
legacy provided foundational maps for later Canadian Arctic surveys
mappedArea Sverdrup Islands
western and northern coasts of Ellesmere Island
notableMember Gunnar Isachsen
Harald Bay
Otto Sverdrup
Per Schei
notablePublication New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions
numberOfWintersInArctic 4
operatedInRegion Arctic Ocean
Canadian High Arctic
partOf history of Norwegian polar exploration
precededBy Fridtjof Nansen Fram Expedition 1893–1896
publicationAuthor Otto Sverdrup
purpose Arctic exploration
cartographic survey
result extensive charting of previously unknown regions of the Canadian High Arctic
shipDesigner Colin Archer
sponsoredBy Norwegian government
private Norwegian interests
startDate 1898
usedShip Fram
usedShipType wooden polar exploration vessel
usedTransportation dog sledges
ski travel
winteredIn Ellesmere Island

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Fram expedition Otto Sverdrup Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902
subject linked to: polar exploration ship Fram
Fram tookPartIn Sverdrup Second Fram expedition
subject linked to: ship Fram
linked to: Otto Sverdrup Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902