ship Fram

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The ship Fram was a specially designed Norwegian polar exploration vessel used by explorers like Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen on pioneering Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.

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ship Fram canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian ship ⓘ
polar exploration ship ⓘ
wooden ship ⓘ
achievement carried Roald Amundsen on the first successful expedition to the South Pole ⓘ
reached the then-farthest north with Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
reached the then-farthest south with Roald Amundsen ⓘ
associatedWith Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
Norwegian polar history ⓘ
Otto Sverdrup ⓘ
Roald Amundsen ⓘ
beam about 11 meters ⓘ
constructionMethod heavily reinforced wooden hull for ice navigation ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1891 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
crewCapacity about 12 to 20 men depending on expedition ⓘ
currentLocation Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway ⓘ
linked to: Fram Museum
decommissioned early 20th century ⓘ
designedFor surviving pack ice pressure by being squeezed upward ⓘ
designer Colin Archer ⓘ
designFeature rounded hull to resist ice pressure ⓘ
shallow draft ⓘ
wide beam ⓘ
exhibitedAt Fram Museum ⓘ
hasCallSign initially none in modern sense ⓘ
historicDesignation important symbol of Norwegian polar exploration ⓘ
hullMaterial wood ⓘ
languageOfName Norwegian ⓘ
launchDate 1892 ⓘ
length about 39 meters ⓘ
namedAfter Norwegian word "fram" meaning "forward" ⓘ
notableExpedition Fridtjof Nansen Arctic drift expedition 1893–1896 ⓘ
Otto Sverdrup Canadian Arctic expedition 1898–1902 ⓘ
Roald Amundsen South Pole expedition 1910–1912 ⓘ
operator Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
Otto Sverdrup ⓘ
Roald Amundsen ⓘ
originalPortOfRegistry Christiania ⓘ
owner Norwegian government ⓘ
portOfRegistry Oslo ⓘ
preservationStatus preserved ⓘ
propulsion later diesel engine ⓘ
sail ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ
purpose polar exploration ⓘ
status museum ship ⓘ
tookPartIn Amundsen Fram expedition to Antarctica ⓘ
Nansen Fram expedition ⓘ
Sverdrup Second Fram expedition ⓘ
usedFor Antarctic exploration ⓘ
Arctic exploration ⓘ
usedUntil early 20th century ⓘ

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