Roald Amundsen, Commander of the Gjoa Expedition to the North Magnetic Pole and Northwest Passage, 1906
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Under the command of explorer Roald Amundsen, the Gjoa was the first ship to sail through the entire Northwest Passage. Amundsen and six crew members left Kristiania (present-day Oslo), Norway, in June 1903 and arrived at Nome, Alaska, in September 1906. Following the expedition, the Gjoa was displayed in San Francisco and then relocated to Oslo's Fram Museum.
Under the command of explorer Roald Amundsen, the Gjoa was the first ship to sail through the entire Northwest Passage. Amundsen and six crew members left Kristiania (present-day Oslo), Norway, in June 1903 and arrived at Nome, Alaska, in September 1906. Following the expedition, the Gjoa was displayed in San Francisco and then relocated to Oslo's Fram Museum.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1906
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
30.1306.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mary P. Bruner.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Width: 3.75 in
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