Otto Sverdrup

Norwegian explorer

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Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1855–1930) was a Norwegian explorer. He was part of Fridtjof Nansen's expedition aboard the ship Fram, which sailed into the Kara Sea in 1893. The Fram was designed to withstand the pressure of Arctic ice and drifted for nearly three years, collecting scientific data. Sverdrup was also involved in the Maud expedition, which aimed to emulate Nansen's drift but started closer to Bering Strait.123

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…expedition in the Fram under Otto Sverdrup did a tremendous amount of work in south and west Ellesmere Island and north Devon Island and discovered three islands to the west—Axel Heiberg Island and the Ringnes Islands. The last gaps in the outline of Ellesmere Island were filled in by Walter…
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…expedition in the Fram under Otto Sverdrup did a tremendous amount of work in south and west Ellesmere Island and north Devon Island and discovered three islands to the west—Axel Heiberg Island and the Ringnes Islands. The last gaps in the outline of Ellesmere Island were filled in by Walter…
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