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It was designed and built by the Scottish-Norwegian shipwright Colin Archer for Fridtjof Nansen's 1893 Arctic expedition in which the plan was to freeze Fram into the Arctic ice sheet and float with it over the North Pole. Fram is preserved as a museum ship at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.
Fram leaves Bergen on 2 July 1893, bound for the Arctic Ocean Period map showing the regions traversed by the expedition [1]. Nansen's Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east–west current of the Arctic Ocean.
Norwegian Maritime Museum (left) Gjøa, the first ship to sail through the Northwest Passage The Fram Museum ( Norwegian : Frammuseet ) is a museum telling the story of Norwegian polar exploration. It is located on the peninsula of Bygdøy in Oslo , Norway .
After the closures, Stop & Shop will still operate 81 stores in Connecticut, 115 in Massachusetts, 47 in New Jersey, 91 in New York and 25 in Rhode Island, employing over 50,000 associates.
The Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates are larger, and have more personnel and equipment than the Oslo-class frigates. Compared to the Oslo-class vessels, the new vessels are 35 meters longer, nine meters taller and two meters deeper below water. They are also five meters broader and have three times the water displacement of the old ships.
The Oslo-class frigate is a Royal Norwegian Navy frigate design of the 1960s, based on the US Navy Dealey-class destroyer escorts. The forward hull was customized to suit Norwegian sea conditions better (higher freeboard ) and several sub-systems were European built. [ 1 ]
Macy's recently announced that 150 store locations will be closed by 2026. See what this could mean for NJ malls and our 25 Macy's locations. Macy's is closing 150 stores.
The grocery chain operates nearly 400 stores across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, including 57 in New Jersey. Stop & Shop to close 'underperforming stores ...