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Show i U l 7 KP5 f ( x 7 famous poenr, 1 5 1 v THE FRAM . . . In the hope that by entering the arctic near the new Siberian islands he would be drifted over the north pole by a current, Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Norwe-gian explorer, built ateamer, the Fram, with which he attempted the trip in 1893. While hia hopes of actually crossing the pole failed. Nansen did succeed in reaching a higher latitude than any previously attained 86 degrees, It minutes, on April 8. 1895. Fourteen years later Roald Amundsen secured the use of the Fram for an Intended trip to the north pole. Already in difficulties over raising enough funds for the voyage, he gave up the project after hearing of Peary's discovery of the north pole, feeling that his chance of getting enough financial backing bad become too slim. Instead, he secretly changed his plans to a south polar expedition, started on August 9, 1910, and discovered dis-covered the south pole on December It, 191L (Copyright, 193T, for The Telegram.) |