Editing Frederick George Jackson (section)

=== Career ===
His first voyage in Arctic waters was on a whaling cruise in 1886–1887, and in 1893 he made a sledge-journey of 3000 miles across the frozen [[tundra]] of [[Siberia]] lying between the [[Ob River|Ob]] and the [[Pechora River|Pechora]]. His narrative of this journey was published under the title of ''The Great Frozen Land'' (1895).<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Jackson, Frederick George |volume=15 |page=110 |inline=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first= Frederick George| last= Jackson| year= 1895| title= The Great Frozen Land| url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924030983427|publisher= Macmillan & Co| location= London }}</ref>

==== Jackson–Harmsworth expedition ====
[[File:No-nb bldsa 1c009.jpg|thumb|upright|In winter gear, 1896]]
On his return, he was given the command of the [[Jackson–Harmsworth expedition]] of 1894.<ref name=EB1911/> Sponsored by the [[Royal Geographical Society]], this expedition was to conduct general exploration of [[Franz Josef Land]]. Whilst leading this expedition, Jackson and his men met by chance on 17 June 1896 the Norwegian arctic explorer [[Fridtjof Nansen]] and his companion [[Hjalmar Johansen]], who had not been heard of for three years and were presumed dead, but were in fact trying to reach [[Spitsbergen]] by kayak. Jackson informed him that they were in fact on Franz Josef Land, and with Jackson's help, Nansen and Johansen returned home aboard the expedition's supply ship ''Windward'' on 7 August. Jackson and his party wintered at their camp according to plan.<ref>{{cite book| first= Fridtjof| last= Nansen| year= 1897| title= Farthest North| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0EITAAAAYAAJ|volume = 2| pages = 522–577| publisher= Harper & Brothers| location= New York }}</ref>

The Jackson–Harmsworth expedition proved that Franz Josef Land is nothing more than an archipelago of small islands.

In recognition of his services he received a [[knighthood]] of the first class of the Norwegian Royal Order of St Olaf in 1898, and was awarded the gold medal of the Paris Geographical Society in 1899. His account of the expedition was published under the title of ''A Thousand Days in the Arctic''&nbsp;(1899).<ref name=EB1911/><ref>{{cite book| first= Frederick George| last= Jackson| year= 1899| title= A Thousand Days in the Arctic| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gtoBAAAAYAAJ|volume = 2|publisher= Harper & Brothers| location= New York }}</ref>