The Fram Museum houses Gjoa, the famous sealing-vessela, considered by some
to be the strongest boat in the world. In 1906, the Norwegian
explorer, Roald Amundsen sailed this vessel through Canada's Northwest
Passage. The journey took three years to complete
and required the crew to spend two cold winters in Canada's north. Amundsen
succeeded in doing what his predecessors (Christopher Columbus, John Cabot,
and Henry Hudson) failed to do.
In 1912, Amundsen sailed this vessel to within a very short distance of the
south pole. His men then reached the south pole by land, beating Captain Scott to
the punch by just 35 days.
The museum is located near other museums on the
Bygdoy Peninsula which can be reached by
bus or ferry from Oslo.
