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On his return, he was given the command of the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expedition ( 1894 — 1897 ).
Sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, this expedition had for objective the general exploration of Franz Josef Land.
Whilst leading this expedition, Jackson and his men were contacted on 17 June 1896, by the Norwegian arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his companion Hjalmar Johansen, whom had not been heard of for three years and were presumed dead, who were 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 were able to return home, departing aboard the Windward on 7 August.
Jackson and his party wintered at their camp according to plan.
The Jackson-Harmsworth expedition proved that Franz Josef Land is nothing more than an archipelago of small islands.

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