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When did the Fram leave Kristiania on its Arctic expedition?
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Fridtjof Nansen, 1915.
The Fram departed from Kristiania (now Oslo) on its Arctic expedition on June 24, 1893. Led by Fridtjof Nansen, the expedition utilized a specially designed ship intended to withstand the pressure of Arctic ice by rising above it rather than being crushed.1