１８９３年，挪威探险家和科学家弗瑞迪约夫·南森驾驶着他特制的船──佛雷姆号来到了遥远的北极，南森让佛雷姆号冻在北极的浮冰群中长达３年，以骑证他有关北极气流的想法。一百多年后的１９９７年，一艘满载货物的破冰船从北美西海岸出发了，希望能将南森的北极研究向前推进一大步，与南森的佛雷姆号一样，德斯·格罗斯里号将在富含石油的普拉德霍湾北边近５００公里外“蓄意” 将自己冰冻在浮冰中，随浮冰群漂浮１３个月，目的是研究北极在全球气候变化中所扮演的角色。 In 1893, Norwegian explorer and scientist Frediuvon Nansen drove his special vessel, the Frem, to the faraway North Pole. Nansen made the Frem frozen up to 3 in the Arctic ice pack. Year to ride his mind about the Arctic airstream. One hundred years later, in 1997, a cargo-loaded icebreaker departed from the west coast of North America, hoping to make a big leap forward in Nansen's Arctic research. Like the Nancy's Frrem, Des Grossing Will “deliberately” freeze himself in ice floes, floating about 30 minutes north of the oil-rich Prudhoe Bay, with floating ice floes for the purpose of studying the Arctic's role in global climate change .