The museum tells the story of the Norwegian polar expeditions, who also represent international history in the field of  polar exploration: Nansens journey across the Polar ocean and his attempt to ski across the North Pole, Sverdrups expedition to Greenland, a voyage where more than 200 000 squarekilometers of unchartered land was  discovered, and Amundsens 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, like polar bears, penguins and moscus ox.

Frammuseet
Bygdøynesveien 36
0286 Oslo
Tel: 23 28 29 50
Fax: 23 28 29 51

The 3 great

Read about the exciting polar expeditions that Fram ventured on. Fridtjof Nansens cross-country skiing enterprise across Greenland and the vessels drift across the Polar ocean, Otto Sverdrups charting of the Arctic Ocean and Roald Amundsens exciting race towards the South Pole.

Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen is the worlds most reknown polar explorer. He became famous all over the world through his expeditions across Greenland and Frams voyage across the Arctic ocean.

Otto Sverdrup

Sverdrup was captain on the journey across the Arctic ocean, he was expeditionleader when Nansen made his advance against the North pole, and i 1889 he charted more than 200 000 squarekilometers of land in the northern areas.

Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen is the greatest Polar explorer of all times. He was born in Borge in the south east of Norway, and very early became fascinated with polar explorers and their achievements.