Roald Amundsen Fram

Roald amundsen fram. Step aboard the original expedition ship. Amundsen was born on the 16th of july 1872 on a small farm near sarpsborg in south eastern norway. Learn more about amundsen in this article. Experience history as if you were really there.

For five generations his ancestors had been farmers and sailors. Roald amundsen had originally planned his expedition on the fram to be one to the north pole. Easy access from the city. He was one of the greatest figures in the field of polar exploration.

More than just a standard museum. Length 39 m beam 11 m draught 5 5 m and displacement 800 tons loaded. This fleet also includes fram 2007 and the 3 newbuilds roald amundsen 2019 fridtjof nansen 2020 and tbn 2021. The gjøa the first vessel to transit the northwest passage led by amundsen is in a dedicated building at the museum.

1 the fram museum frammuseet west oslo. ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən us. Fram forward is a ship that was used in expeditions of the arctic and antarctic regions by the norwegian explorers fridtjof nansen otto sverdrup oscar wisting and roald amundsen between 1893 and 1912. Both the bow and the stern were particularly strengthened with a 1 25 m thickness of oak in the bow.

It was designed and built by the scottish norwegian shipwright colin archer for fridtjof nansen s 1893 arctic expedition in which the plan was to freeze fram into the arctic ice sheet and. History construction and ownership the shipowner hurtigruten is a norwegian passenger shipping company specializing in cruise and ferry services. The fram was built with the following specifications. A museum telling the story of norwegian polar exploration and three norwegian polar explorers in particular fridtjof nansen otto sverdrup and roald amundsen.

Amundsen nansen others. First they could sail a whole degree farther south than scott could hope to get in mcmurdo sound putting them 60 miles closer to the pole. Fun activities for family members of all ages. Amundsen chose the bay of whales as winter headquarters for a number of reasons.

It took the fram four months to reach the ross ice shelf on january 14 1911. Roald amundsen s father jens amundsen sought the sea and worked his way up until he captained his own ship. The sides were 70 80 cm thick and had three layers. Peary and cook however independently claimed to have reached that goal in 1909 when amundsen s plans were already well advanced.

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. The two inner ones of oak and the outer one of greenheart. Roald engelbregt gravning amundsen uk.