The second engineer, Lars Pettersen, kept his Swedish nationality from Nansen, and although it was soon discovered by his shipmates, he was allowed to remain with the expedition, the only non-Norwegian in the party.
Andenmaskinisten Lars Pettersen holdt sin svenske nationalitet hemmelig for Nansen, og selv om det tidlig blev opdaget blandt mandskabet, fik han lov at forsætte som medlem på ekspeditionen som den eneste ikke-norske i gruppen.