The arrival of the expedition ship "Fram" the polar ship of captain Otto Sverdrup in the port of Stavanger. It was his second trip to the North Pole.
Hurtigruten's MS Fram in Oban Bay during a Bergen - Reykjavik "Viking Route" cruise.
Vessel type: Ro-ro/passenger Ship
Gross tonnage: 11,647 tons
Summer DWT: 984 tons
Length: 114 m
Beam: 20 m
Draught: 5.1 m
Home port: Narvik
Class society: Det Norske Veritas
Build year: 2007
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The Fram, of which was a Norway vessel, dated 1890 was a special type vessel...actually built to the specifications of Fridtjof Nansen. He told the designer she must be as round and slippery as an eel, so that the ice would not grip her but instead would tend to push her up and out as it tried to t