Roald Amundsen Ship Gjoa

Roald amundsen ship gjoa. Unspecified may 25. 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. The gjøa belongs today to the fram museum. The 70 ft square sterned 48 ton sloop was built by kurt johannesson skaale in rosendal norway in 1872 the same year amundsen was born.

An extension to house the ship was opened in 2013 and today the gjøa is open to the public. Tone 16 july 1872 c. M ə n s. See more ideas about roald amundsen sailing ships model ship building.

Roald amundsen was one of the world s most important explorers. The gjoa roald amundsen s ship being dragged up a timbered slide to its resting place in golden gate park july 1909. She was named gjøa after her owner s wife. Yellowknife prince of wales northern heritage centre photo by deagostini getty images.

The gjoa ship which roald amundsen 1872 1928 used to sail through and open the northwest passage between the atlantic and the pacific arriving in nome alaska august 30 1906 20th century. Roald amundsen was born into a well to do norwegian family of ship owners and sea captains the fourth son and youngest child of jens amundsen and hanna sahlqvist he promised his mother that he would train as a doctor rather than go to sea as many of the men in his family had done yet he yearned for. Roald amundsen and his six companions accomplished this in 1903 06. Weighing 47 tonnes the gjoa boasted a 13 horsepower engine enough food and supplies.

Photo by fernando cortez ruggles. With a crew of six roald amundsen traversed the passage in a three year journey finishing in 1906. Between 1903 and 1906 his crew were the first to navigate successfully the northwest passage from the atlantic to. The gjøa was the first ship to be sailed through the entire northwest passage.

But he could explain for example why his ship was called the gjoa pronounced u ro in norwegian. Gjøa was the first vessel to transit the northwest passage. Feb 11 2019 explore dwherbst s board gjoa on pinterest. 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.

Roald engelbregt gravning amundsen uk. After roald amundsen s successful. ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən us. 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.