The Swedish philanthropist Oscar Dickson, who had financed Baron Nordenskiöld's conquest of the North-East Passage in 1878–79, was sufficiently impressed to offer to meet Nansen's costs.
Den svenske filantrop Oscar Dickson, som havde finansieret Nordenskiölds erobring af Nordøstpassagen i 1878-79, var tilstrækkelig imponeret til at tilbyde at dække Nansens omkostninger.