1. Norway 2019
  2. Oslo, Norway

FRAM - THE POLAR EXPLORATION MUSEUM

The Fram was the first ship to be built in Norway specifically for polar research. Launched in 1892, the polar ship Fram, at the time the strongest ship ever built, spent much of its life trapped in the polar ice. From 1893 to 1896 Fridtjof Nansen's North Pole expedition took the schooner to Russia's New Siberian Islands, passing within a few degrees of the North Pole on their return trip to Norway.

In 1910 Roald Amundsen set sail in the Fram, intending to be the first explorer to reach the North Pole, only to discover en route that Robert Peary had beaten him to it. Not to be outdone, Amundsen turned the Fram around and, racing Robert Falcon Scott all the way, became the first man to reach the South Pole. Otto Sverdrup also sailed the schooner around southern Greenland to Canada's Ellesmere Island between 1898 and 1902, travelling over 18,000km.
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Retractable Rudder and Removable Propeller was used on the Fram ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
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Retractable Rudder and Removable Propeller was used on the Fram ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019

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  • Roald Amundsen's personal camera he took with him on the ship Fram used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
  • Biscuit from 1911 for South Pole Group on the ship Fram used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
  • Retractable Rudder and Removable Propeller was used on the Fram ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
  • Retractable Rudder and Removable Propeller was used on the Fram ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
  • Map of Fram voyage expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
  • Fram is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019
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