Fram (ship)
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For the Norwegian passenger vessel built in 2007, see MS Fram.
Fram ("Forward") is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912. It was designed and built by the Scottish-Norwegian shipwright Colin Archer for Fridtjof Nansen's 1893 Arctic expedition in which the plan was to freeze Fram into the Arctic ice sheet and float with it over the North Pole.
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Fram in Antarctica during Roald Amundsen's expedition | |
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Name | Fram |
Builder | Colin Archer, Larvik, Norway |
Launched | 26 October 1892 |
In service | 1893 |
Out of service | 1912 |
Status | Preserved; on display at the Fram Museum, Oslo |
General characteristics | |
Type | Schooner |
Tonnage | 402 GRT[1] |
Length | 127 ft 8 in (38.9 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10.36 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.57 m) |
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Speed | 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
Complement | 16 |
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Fram is preserved as a museum ship at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.