Union & Independence · event 5 of 10

1888

Nansen crosses Greenland. Fridtjof Nansen and five companions cross the Greenland ice cap on skis, east to west, having burned their boats behind them. Polar exploration and Norwegian national identity become the same project.

The Union & Independence era

  1. 1814
  2. 1825
  3. 1854
  4. 1866
  5. 1888
  6. 1893
  7. 1899
  8. 1905
  9. 1911
  10. 1913

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