Gjøa 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...
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Roald Amundsen (redirect from Gjøa Expedition)
first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. In 1909, Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition. He left Norway...
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Gjoa Haven is from the Norwegian Gjøahavn or "Gjøa's Harbour"; it was named by early 20th-century polar explorer Roald Amundsen after his ship Gjøa....
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Gjøa oilfield is an oilfield in the Norwegian section of the North Sea. It lies about 70 kilometres (43 mi) off the Troll field. The Gjøa reserves are...
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signed an agreement for the Fram Museum to take over the exhibition of the Gjøa, the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen and a...
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Gjoa may refer to: Gjøa (sailing sloop), a Norwegian sailing ship launched in 1872, the first ship to transit the Northwest Passage Gjøa expedition [da]...
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Gjoa Haven Airport (IATA: YHK, ICAO: CYHK) is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) northeast of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by...
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Gjøa was a steam cargo ship built in 1906 by the J. L. Thompson & Sons of Sunderland for Harald Eie of Bergen. The ship was laid down in 1906 at J. L....
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Look up Gjoa Haven or Gjøahavn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gjoa Haven ("Joe-Haven") may refer to: Gjoa Haven, King William Island, Kitikmeot Region...
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he learned Arctic living skills from the local Netsilik. He used his ship Gjøa as a base for explorations in the summer of 1904, during which he travelled...
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