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Oslo

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Photography by Jean McConochie
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SAS Radisson Airport Hotel with station for the Airport Express train to Oslo's center. The port of Pipervika, the innermost point of Oslo fjord. Gjoa, Roald Amundsen's first ship With Gjoa, Amundsen conquered the Northwest Passage in 1906.
Fram was designed by Colin Archer for Fridjof Nansen's 1893 Arctic expedition. First aid kit for Amundsen-Ellsworth Trans-Polar Expedition (1928). Amundsen cared about proper nutrition for his men. Fram is said to be the strongest wooden ship ever built.
Fram means Forward. Lifeboat, aboard Fram Fram's ground tackle Gjoa across the harbor from a modern tourist ship.
Theodolite used by Amundsen for surveying Astronomical refractor that was used at Amundsen's base camp in Antarctica These days Fram lives a shelterd life. A tram line and Pipervika (Piper Harbor) in downtown Oslo.
Reconstruction of the Oseburg ship (c. A.D. 800-1030) Kon-Tiki carried Thor Heyerdahl across the Pacific in 1947. This rare stave church dates from 1300. Downtown Oslo on a summer evening
Guard house, Royal Palace The Queen's Park, behind the palace Sculptor Gustav Vigeland created his sculpture park in 1924. All of the statues are nudes.
Visitors of all ages enjoy Vigeland Park. Vigeland portrayed people in all stages of life. The Vigeland Park The escape!
Weary resignation in Vigeland Park Kids wear out their parents at Vigeland Park. Parliament lawn on a summer evening Pipervika on a summer eve

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