Fram (ship)
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Fram 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. It w
Fram in Antarctica during Roald Amundsen's expedition
Engineering drawings
The prow of Fram, as seen in the Fram Museum in 2010
For Amundsen's South Pole expedition, Fram was fitted with this diesel engine
The first expedition to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four other crew members made it to the geographical South Pole on 14 December 1911, whi
Fram (ship)
…1902, leading to charts covering 260,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi), more than any other Arctic expedition. Amundsen's 1910–1912 South Pole expedition For Amundsen's South Pole expedition, Fram was fitted with this diesel engine Fram's name pennant during Amundsen's expedition Fram was used by Roald Amundsen in his southern polar expedition…
Amundsen, Hanssen, Hassel, and Wisting at Polheim at the South Pole
Gjøa, the small sloop in which Amundsen and his crew conquered the Northwest Passage, 1903–06
Fridtjof Nansen, whose Arctic drift of 1893–96 inspired Amundsen
Roald Amundsen, the expedition's leader