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Nansen, in 1893, attempted to reenact the voyage of the Jeannette in a better-designed vessel. Nansen’s expedition nearly reached the North Pole, and three years later his stout ship, the Fram, popped out of the pack into the North Atlantic, unsuccessful, but unscathed.
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
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