Polarship Fram

Polar Explorers:
Near the Viking Museum was the Polarship Fram Museum. This museum is dedicated the polarship Fram, which was sailed by Roald Amundsen. Amundsen set sail to be the first person to reach the North Pole. However, on his way he heard that someone had Robert Peary already reached the North Pole, so Amundsen changed his course and headed to the South Pole. He was the first person who reached the South ole in 1910. The ship is built to withstand crushing ice. The designer used an egg as it’s inspiration. The museum allows you to climb into the ship and see what the quarters looked like:



This is me behind the wheel of the polarship Fram!


Amundsen eventually died in the arctic region in an attempt to rescue another exploration. For more information about his South Pole expedition you might want to read the book Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.