In 1893 Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the sea's drift closer to the North Pole
In September of 1893, Fridtjof Nansen and a crew on the schooner Fram attempted to be the first to reach the North Pole. After eventually setting off on foot and being presumed dead, Nansen and a comp