Event: Norway - Oslo

Fram Museum

When:	Daily
Where:	Fram Museum
Costs:	NOK50; concessions NOK20
Opening Hours:	Oct-Apr daily 10am-3pm; May & Sep daily 10am-5pm; Jun-Aug daily 9am-6pm

The Fram Museum on Bygdøy Peninsula houses the Fram, the strongest wooden ship ever built. This Scottish-Norwegian-built ship of 1892 was used by explorers including Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen and has been immaculately preserved, both inside and out.

The museum tells the story of the Norwegian polar expeditions, which also represent international history in the field of polar exploration: Nansen's journey across the Polar ocean and his attempt to ski across the North Pole, Sverdrup's expedition to Greenland, a voyage where more than 200,000 square kilometres of unchartered land was discovered, and Amundsen's journey to the South Pole, the discovery of the Northwest Passage and his attempt to reach the North Pole. The exhibitions in the museum have a representative selection of animals from the Polar region, including polar bears, penguins and moscus ox. The museum is located next to the Kon-Tiki Museum.