Nansen's Arctic expedition

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf expedition
gptkbp:awards Nansen Medal
gptkbp:challenges frostbite
ice drift unpredictability
gptkbp:communicationEquipment telegraphy
gptkbp:companionPlants gptkb:Hjalmar_Johansen
gptkbp:contribution new_knowledge_about_Arctic_conditions
gptkbp:crew_size 14
gptkbp:date August 1896
gptkbp:debutYear 1896
gptkbp:design ice-strengthened hull
gptkbp:duration about 3 years
1893 to 1896
gptkbp:explores scientific and adventurous
drifting with the ice pack
gptkbp:firstMatch Fram
gptkbp:food_options canned goods
gptkbp:funding gptkb:Norwegian_government
gptkbp:goal reach_the_North_Pole
gptkbp:historical_significance pioneering_Arctic_exploration.
gptkbp:home_port Oslo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nansen's Arctic expedition
gptkbp:impact on public interest in polar regions
inspired_later_Arctic_explorations
gptkbp:influence on international polar policy
gptkbp:instrument thermometers
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Fridtjof_Nansen
gptkbp:legacy polar research advancements
influenced_future_Arctic_research
gptkbp:meets polar bears
gptkbp:navalFleet well-preserved
gptkbp:navigation_equipment sextant
gptkbp:navigationEquipment innovative techniques
using the stars
gptkbp:notable_event drift_in_the_Arctic_Ocean
gptkbp:research oceanography
meteorology
climate data
glaciology
gptkbp:returnPolicy via_Siberia
gptkbp:route northward_through_the_Arctic_Ocean
across_Siberia
gptkbp:sensors ice conditions
gptkbp:significance contributed to polar exploration
gptkbp:sister_ship over 1,000 miles
gptkbp:skills hunting and fishing
gptkbp:team scientists and explorers
scientists and adventurers
gptkbp:team_achievements first to reach the North Pole by drifting
gptkbp:technique drift with the ice
gptkbp:wrote Farthest North
gptkbp:year 1893