Fram (ship)

Fram
Fram in Antarctica during Roald Amundsen's expedition
History
Norway
NameFram
BuilderColin Archer, Larvik, Norway
Launched26 October 1892
In service1893
Out of service1912
StatusPreserved; on display at the Fram Museum, Oslo
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Tonnage402 GRT[1]
Length127 ft 8 in (38.9 m)
Beam34 ft (10.36 m)
Draft15 ft (4.57 m)
Propulsion
Speed7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement16

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.

Fram is preserved as a museum ship at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.

  1. ^ Amundsen, Roald, The South Pole; an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910–12, Volume 2, Appendix I, "The Fram" (1912). Translated by Sydpolen.