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Scientists to repeat 19th-century ship's crossing of polar ice cap
Scientists to repeat 19th-century ship's crossing of polar ice cap
In 1893 the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen embarked on a mission of extraordinary boldness and ingenuity. He planned to become the first person to reach the north pole by allowing his wooden vessel, the Fram, to be engulfed by sea ice and pulled across the polar cap on an ice current.
theguardian.com



