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Amundsen gjoa. Gjoa haven is a dry community in which alcohol is not permitted. Gjoa haven is located on the southeast coast of king william island at the heart of the northwest passage. Weighing 47 tonnes the gjoa boasted a 13 horsepower engine enough food and supplies. But he could explain for example why his ship was called the gjoa pronounced u ro in norwegian.
Also known as ursuqtuq the community s english name is taken from amundsen s small ship the gjoa. M ə n s. The story of the search for the northwest passage is best told from this community. Between 1903 and 1906 his crew were the first to navigate successfully the northwest passage from the atlantic to.
The name gjoa haven is from the norwegian gjøahavn or gjøa s harbour. The name gjoa is named after norwegian explorer roald amundsen s ship during his expedition through the northwest passage. ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən us. Roald amundsen was one of the world s most important explorers.
This was derived from the old norse name gyða a compressed compound form of guðfríðr guð god and fríðr beautiful history. See more ideas about roald amundsen sailing ships model ship building. In 1903 06 amundsen accomplished this with six companions. In 1903 amundsen s sloop the gjoa named after the wife of the shipbuilder wintered in the natural harbour of uqsuqtuuq on king william island in a place his men ended up calling gjoa harbour.
If you arrived by boat you can sleep aboard. Two years were spent on the way in gjoa haven when the then location of the north magnetic pole was established proving that. It is also called uqsuqtuuk which means place of plenty blubber in inuktitut. Beware of cold weather conditions always.
18 june 1928 was a norwegian explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the heroic age of antarctic exploration he led the first expedition to traverse the northwest passage by sea from 1903 to 1906 and the first expedition to the south. Tone 16 july 1872 c. 1 gjoa haven bed breakfast 1 867 360 6272. In 1903 the norwegian explorer roald amundsen had entered the area on his ship gjøa.
It was named by early 20th century polar explorer roald amundsen after his ship gjøa. Located on king william island the region s channels and bays are ice choked for much of the year. Gjøa left gjoa haven on august 13 1905 and motored through the treacherous straits south of victoria island and from there west into the beaufort sea by october gjøa was again iced in this time near herschel island in the yukon amundsen left his men on board and spent much of the winter skiing 500 miles south to eagle alaska to telegraph news of the expedition s success. Roald amundsen s expedition with the gjøa was the first to navigate the northwest passage north of the canadian mainland on one expedition and one ship.
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