Introduction to collection of papers on oceanic internal waves
Melbourne G. Briscoe · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1975
Historical notes. In 1893 the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen started on an Arctic Ocean expedition in his brand new wooden ship the Fram, which was to be allowed to freeze into the arctic ice pack and then hopefully to drift with her crew still aboard across the entire arctic basin. It was to be a test of Nansen's theory of a polar current and would allow numerous scientific observations to be made. It took the Fram 3 years finally to drift across the top of the world. She reached a latitude of 85° 57″N, a record not surpassed until the nuclear submarine Nautilus reached the north pole in 1958 by going under the arctic ice pack.