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Framheim was the name of explorer Roald Amundsen's base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during his successful quest for the South Pole. It was used between January 1911 and February 1912.
On 17 January the men in Framheim were surprised by the appearance of a second ship; it was the Kainan Maru, carrying the Japanese Antarctic Expedition led by Nobu Shirase. [161] Communication between the two expeditions was limited by language difficulties, though the Norwegians gathered that the Japanese were heading for King Edward VII Land ...
Kristian Prestrud South Pole Medal. Kristian Prestrud (22 October 1881 – 11 November 1927) was a Norwegian naval officer and polar explorer who participated in Amundsen's South Pole expedition between 1910 and 1912.
Lieutenant Kristian Prestrud was given the task of leading a three-man expedition to explore the completely unknown territory of King Edward VII Land to the north and east of Framheim. Along with Kristian Prestrud and Hjalmar Johansen , Jørgen Stubberud surveyed a large area to the north and east of Framheim and provided valuable information ...
Framheim (literally "Home of the Fram"), Amundsen's Base at the Bay of Whales in Antarctica during his quest for the South Pole; Fram Rupes, an escarpment on Mercury; Fram crater, a small crater on Mars, visited by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in 2004; Fram Basin, the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean
Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm in the kitchen at Framheim, Amundsen's base in Antarctica during the expedition to the South Pole, 1910–1913. Adolf Lindstrøm with a plate of pancakes at Framheim in 1911. Adolf Lindstrøm, Sverre Hassel , Oscar Wisting , Helmer Hanssen, Roald Amundsen, Jørgen Stubberud , and Kristian Prestrud in the hut at Framheim.
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