Locked in ice: Nansen's daring quest for the North Pole

pt. 1: Fridtjof Nansen and his dream 1861-1893

Young skier

The Viking and first Arctic ice

Bergen and a daring trek over the mountains

Greenland

Eva

Nansen sets his sights on the North Pole

The plan: follow the Jeannette

Building an ice ship

A crew of twelve

pt. 2: The journey North

June 24, 1893

March 14, 1894

Leaving home

The Fram locked in ice

Life aboard the Fram: the adventure and monotony of being stuck in ice

Science aboard

Decision to leave the ship

pt. 3: Outfitting for a two-man dash

February 1895

Preparations

Tent

Clothing

Double sleeping bag

Sleds, kayaks, and guns

Cook kit and medicine

Instruments for navigation

pt. 4: Onto the ice

March 14

April 6, 1895

Each mile a new record

The cold

First dog to die

The ice, the routine, the dogs

Cracking ice and opening leads

Desperate work

Farthest North

pt. 5: Turning South

April 8

May 31, 1895

Calculations

Thin ice and burning the third sled

Birthday, narwhals, and bear tracks

The birds come back

pt. 6: To the kayaks

June 1

July 22, 1895

Mending the kayaks

Water sky, the color of hope

One dog left for Nansen, two for Johansen

Salvation is a seal

Seal-blood pancakes and tent on fire

First bear

Departing homesick camp

pt. 7: Land at last

July 25

August 15, 1895

"We shall reach it today!"

Polar bear attack

Following along glaciers

Rogue walrus

Feet on dry land

pt. 8: Franz Josef Land

bears, walrus, and a winter home

August 16

September 30, 1895

But what land?

Cold closing in, time to winter over

Harvesting walrus for winter

Building a winter dwelling

pt. 9: Polar night

October 1

December 31, 1895

Bear-meat soup and blubber cakes

Thieving foxes

Dwelling comfort

Idle Arctic days and nights

Leaden darkness outside

Christmas and New Year's Eve

pt. 10: Preparing to move again-January 1

May 18, 1896

The Tromsø sloop

The return of bears

Final preparations for the journey south

pt. 11: The journey southward-May 19

June 16, 1896

Departure and a note

Near disaster

A life-or-death swim

Walrus revenge

pt. 12: Rescue-Cape Flora, Northbrook Island

June 17, 1896

A sound like the bark of a dog

Getting Johansen

Jackson's house

pt. 13: Norway

June 18

August 12, 1896

Vanishing caveman

Time with Jackson

The Windward

Return to Vardø

pt. 14: Home-August 13

September 9, 1896

Vardø

Eva and Liv

Tromsø reunion

What had happened to the Fram?

Kristiania

Epilogue 1896-1930.