Oslo Sights

Polarship Fram

#26 of 181 things to do in Oslo

#113 of 1126 things to do in Norway

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  • Address
    • Bygdøy Peninsula
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 23 28 29 50
  • Price
    • adult/child Nkr50/20, free with Oslo Pass
  • Hours
    • 9am-6pm mid-Jun–Aug, shorter hrs rest-of-year

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Lonely Planet review for Polarship Fram

Nature is often the best architect. Which is why, when the well-known shipbuilder Colin Archer was asked to design a ship whose hull could withstand the crush of the polar ice, he looked no further than an egg for inspiration. Launched in 1982, the Polarship Fram, captained by both Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, spent much of its life trapped in the polar ice. From 1893 to 1896 Nansen’s North Pole expedition took the 39m schooner to Russia’s New Siberian Islands, passing within a few degrees of the North Pole on their return trip to Norway.

 

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