Tara Polar station will undergo sea tests this year before heading to the Arctic
Maéva Bardy/Fondation Tara Océan
In 1893, Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen left Norway on a mission to derive by the North Pole. Its container, the Fram, had been special designed with a rounded helmet to sit at the upper arctic ice, gently transporting its crew on the Arctic.
Nansen never arrived at the North Pole, but after three years locked in the ice, the Fram emerged in the North Atlantic Ocean. The trip was the first in history to …
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