Around Scandinavia: Part Seven
In which I explored the polar expedition ship
Day Two continues …
Fram is
the strongest wooden ship ever built and still holds the records for sailing
farthest north (Arctic) and farthest south (Antarctic). She was used on three
important expeditions: with Fridtjof Nansen on a drift over the Arctic Ocean
1893-96, with Otto Sverdrup to the Arctic Archipelago west of Greenland - now
the Nunavut region of Canada - 1898-1902, and with Roald Amundsen to Antarctica
for his South Pole expedition 1910-12.
As we entered the museum, we were explained on the north and south pole expeditions through the map.
One side of this
floor (ship base) had souvenirs shops with a plethora of items to buy from soft
toys, sweat shirts, postcards, bottles, books, gloves, mufflers, pillows, etc. There
was an igloo at the corner, café at another corner. There is a basement to go
to another museum.
The 1st floor and 2nd floor had a gallery of artifacts used on the ship, history of the ship, etc.
The 2nd floor had the ship model in one corner and the polar bear in another corner.
There was a photo gallery at the tip of the ship sail. We
climbed the stairs to the 2nd floor to board the ship. This is the
only ship museum wherein the public can board the ship and see its interiors.
The top deck consists of the steering wheel and compass and a lot of ropes on one side and the simulator seat on another side, with the video of the sailing expedition.
We went through the stairs to the next two deck. It consists of cabins of the crew members, kitchen, hall, dining area with named plates, recreation stuff like gramophone, piano, accordion, drinks, storage, closets, bathroom, cargo, trunk, sewing machine, iron wooden furnace, lots of chains, etc.
There was an AV display and
seat arrangement on one deck. I missed going to another museum due to lack of
time, only walked the basement area.
