Gjøa, The first vessel to sail through the North West passage. Built in Hardanger Norway 1872.

Captain Roald Amundsen and 6 crew members sailed Gjøa from Norway on the 17th of June 1903.

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They stayed 23 months in Gjøa harbour to carry out scientiic resarch. Continued to King Point in summer 1905 and completed transit to Nome in 1906.
 

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