| Otto Sverdrup (219 words) |
 | A companion of Fridtjof Nansen on the voyage across Greenland in 1888 and on Nansen's later (1893–96) polar expedition, Sverdrup was leader of an arctic expedition (1898–1902) that attempted to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound but failed because of ice in Kennedy Channel. |
| However, valuable topographical observations were made in N Greenland; the unknown western part of Ellesmere Island was explored and charted, and Axel Heiberg Island and other areas were discovered. |
| Axel Heiberg Island - Axel Heiberg Island, 13,583 sq mi (35,180 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean, N Nunavut Territory,... |
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