More than a century later, scientists are still fascinated by the Fram’s voyage and by Nansen’s visionary strategy for getting the ship through the frozen central Arctic. So they’re giving ...

ABOARD THE FRAM -- Standing at the bow of one of expedition cruising's hardiest ships as it crunches northward through a carpet of ice, Cecilia Donnelly is almost giggly with excitement. And who ...

The Fram is quite an astonishing ship, you can go and see her in a little museum in ... 1 of 55 glass lantern slides of the Arctic made from negatives taken during Dr. F. Nansen's Expedition ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third dispatch from aboard the R.V. Lance, an Arctic research vessel. Read the first and second installments. 83.07 Degrees North — We awoke to a deafening noise ...

The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), has operated the ocean-monitoring system FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic Marine Monitoring), designed to assess long ...

Sverdrup during the first Winter lay with his ship not many miles from where Lieut. Peary lay with his, the Windward. A party was dispatched from the Fram to call upon Peary, who was found laid up ...

The ship will be refurbished in February through March at the Astilleros de Santander S.A.U. dry dock in Spain, to be ready for guests beginning April 2, 2025. “These significant investments in MS ...

In 1893, Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen left Norway on a mission to drift across the North Pole. His vessel, the Fram, had been specially designed with a rounded hull so it would sit on top of ...

HX has announced significant refurbishments for two of its most popular smaller ships, MS Fram and MS Spitsbergen.The company is investing more than €7 (approximately $7.2) million for the ...

The luxury cruise ship stranded for days in the freezing Arctic after running aground off the coast of Greenland was freed Thursday amid fears of a potential COVID-19 outbreak on board. The Ocean ...

This photo shows the launch of Fram 'to great festivities' on October 26, 1892, in the shipyard in the Norwegian town of Larvik. Detailing the design of the ship, Klover says: 'Nansen approached ...