Roald Amundsen, Commander of the Gjoa Expedition to the North Magnetic Pole and Northwest Passage, 1906

Summary

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

 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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