Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
mid-June 11:00-16:00, Huk Aveny 56—follow signs to
HL-Senteret
, tel. 22
84 21 00,
www.hlsenteret.no
.
▲▲Fram Museum (Frammuseet)
—This museum holds the 125-foot,
steam- and sail-powered ship that took modern-day Vikings Roald Amundsen
and Fridtjof Nansen deep into the Arctic and Antarctic, farther north and
south than any vessel had gone before. For three years, the
Fram
—specially
designed to survive the crushing pressures of a frozen-over sea—drifted,
trapped in the Arctic ice. The exhibit is engrossing and newly improved.
Cost and Hours:
80 kr; June-Aug daily 9:00-18:00; May and Sept daily
10:00-17:00; Oct and March-April daily 10:00-16:00; Nov-Feb Mon-Fri
10:00-15:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-16:00; Bygdøynesveien 36, tel. 23 28 29 50,
Visiting the Museum:
Read the ground-floor displays, check out the
videos below the bow of the ship, then climb the steps to the third-floor gang-
way to explore the
Fram
's claustrophobic but fascinating interior. Also fea-
tured are a tent like the one Amundsen used, reconstructed shelves from his
Artickitchen, modelsofthe
Fram
andthemotorized sledtheyusedtotraverse
the ice and snow, and a “polar simulator” plunging visitors to a 15° Fahrenheit
environment.
