Tributes arrived from all over the world; typical was that from the British mountaineer Edward Whymper, who wrote that Nansen had made "almost as great an advance as has been accomplished by all other voyages in the nineteenth century put together".
Au sosit mesaje de felicitare din toată lumea; unul tipic a fost cel din partea alpinistului britanic Edward Whymper, care a scris că Nansen îndeplinise „o realizare aproape la fel de mare ca toate călătoriile secolului al XIX-lea la un loc”.