The homecoming in Kristiania after the Arctic expedition. Fridtjof Nansen and the members of his expedition have just left the boats that brought them ashore to the Honnørbrygge («Pier of Honor») in Pipervika. Fridtjof Nansen is going first, followed by Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup and the rest of the arctic explorers. An honorary portal is erected and decorated with flags, pennants, garlands, flowers and small spruce trees. Several photographers are busy inside the closed-off area. Large crowds of people are gathered, even on the roof tops nearby.