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RE: Jules Verne Fram Nansen

From: Dennis Kytasaari <djk~at~epguides.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:15:30 -0600
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Merci Jean-Pierre!
 
I will pass your reponse along to Chris.
 
-djk
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf
Of Jean-Pierre Boutin
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:36 AM
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: RE: Jules Verne Fram Nansen


Dear friends,
Nansen was influenced by an American expedition with a boat, the
Jeanette headed by Lieutenant Delong, aiming at making anew the
North-East passage (the first was Nordenskjiold with the Vega). The boat
was caught by the ice around the middle of its travel (north Siberia)
and began to drift north. The crew abandoned her (only few survived).
Several years later, (5 as far as I remind), fishers found parts of the
Jeanette around the Greenland, suggesting that the boat travelled in ice
between Siberia and Greenland and thus passed around the North Pole. The
Fram was designed to resist to ice pressure and thus being able to make
the same travel than the Jeanette keeping its crew safe. Nansen did not
succeed to reach the North Pole but approached it and had, with its
friend Johansen, extraordinary adventures when returning home.
I never heard about influence of Hatteras on Nansen about its attempt to
reach North Pole. At this time a lot of books relating similar (and
real) attempts were published and my opinion is that Nansen was first
influenced by these books as JV himself when writing the Hatteras
adventures.

Jean-Pierre



Chris,

 

Sorry, I have no idea. Perhaps members of the Jules Verne forum have
heard something. Can any of you help Chris with his inquiry?

 

Dennis


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris FitzHugh [mailto:chris.fitzhugh~at~ntlworld.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:40 PM
To: djk~at~epguides.com
Subject: Jules Verne Fram Nansen


Nansen called his boat FRAM. This is Norwegian for Forward. I presume
that he was influenced by the Jules Verne story of Hatteras going to the
North Pole. But nowhere in any book by or on Nansen can I find this
connection, which seems obvious unless pure coincidence. Nansen was
highly intelligent and educated and would probably have read it in
French / English. Have you come across such a connection? Any info. woul
delight me, Chris FitzHugh of Nottingham, UK

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