Gjøa

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Gjøa is the historic Norwegian polar exploration ship used by Roald Amundsen to complete the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gjøa canonical 12
Gjøa (ship) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf museum ship ⓘ
polar exploration vessel ⓘ
ship ⓘ
associatedWith Roald Amundsen's Northwest Passage expedition ⓘ
history of Arctic exploration ⓘ
beam about 4.6 meters ⓘ
builder Knud Olsen ⓘ
builtIn Rosendal, Norway ⓘ
captain Roald Amundsen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
crewSize 6 ⓘ
currentCity Oslo ⓘ
currentCountry Norway ⓘ
currentLocation Fram Museum ⓘ
displayedIn Golden Gate Park from 1909 to 1972 ⓘ
expeditionEndDate 1906 ⓘ
expeditionStartDate 1903 ⓘ
expeditionStartLocation Christiania (Oslo), Norway ⓘ
linked to: Oslo
heritageStatus historic vessel ⓘ
launchDate 1872 ⓘ
length about 21 meters ⓘ
museumExhibit Fram Museum outdoor display ⓘ
linked to: Fram Museum
namedAfter Gjøa (female name) ⓘ
notableFor first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage ⓘ
operator Roald Amundsen ⓘ
previousCity San Francisco ⓘ
previousCountry United States ⓘ
previousLocation Golden Gate Park ⓘ
propulsion coal-fired auxiliary engine ⓘ
sail ⓘ
purchasedBy Roald Amundsen ⓘ
purchaseYear 1901 ⓘ
restoredBy Norwegian Maritime Museum ⓘ
returnedToNorway 1972 ⓘ
route Northwest Passage ⓘ
sailedThrough James Ross Strait ⓘ
Lancaster Sound ⓘ
Peel Sound ⓘ
Simpson Strait ⓘ
scientificWork magnetic North Pole observations ⓘ
meteorological observations ⓘ
oceanographic observations ⓘ
shipType sloop ⓘ
tonnage about 45 gross register tons ⓘ
usedFor Northwest Passage navigation ⓘ
polar exploration ⓘ
visitedIndigenousPeople Netsilik Inuit ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
winteredAt Gjøa Haven, King William Island ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fram Museum → exhibits → Gjøa ⓘ
Gjøa Haven → namedAfter → Gjøa ⓘ
Anton Lund → associatedWith → Gjøa (ship) ⓘ
linked to: Gjøa
Gjoa Haven → namedAfter → Gjøa ⓘ
Gjøa (given name) → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Gjøa (ship) ⓘ
subject linked to: Gjøa (female name)
linked to: Gjøa
Knud Olsen → notableWork → Gjøa ⓘ