Gjøa
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Gjøa at the Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum|Norwegian Maritime Museum in [[Oslo]] Gjøa is a museum ship and was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three-year journey, finishing in 1906.
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gjøa
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Oslo
- Location
- Fram Museum
- Image
- Gjøa.jpg
- Width
- 20
- Length
- 70
- Has use
- museum ship
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- Commons category
- Gjøa (ship, 1872)
- service entry
- 1872-00-00
- date of official opening
- 1872-00-00
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Construction
- Purchase by Amundsen
- Journey through the Northwest Passage
- San Francisco
- Preservation
- See also
- Sources
- References
- External links
thumb|upright|Gjøa at the Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum|Norwegian Maritime Museum in [[Oslo]] Gjøa is a museum ship and was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three-year journey, finishing in 1906.
== History == right|thumb|Gjøa, the first ship to sail through the Northwest Passage thumb|Gjøa in 1903, at the time of the Northwest Passage expedition
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