The Arctic vessel Gjøa

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Kjær, Kjell-G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Svalbard; Kara Sea; Greenland; Pacific; Norway; Northwest Passage; Franz Josef Land; Golden Gate; Northern Norway; Northwest passage; Novaya Zemlya; Polar Record; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247405004663; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247405004663

The Arctic vessel Gjøa was the first ship that sailed through the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a voyage captained by Roald Amundsen. Gjøa was launched in 1872 and for 10 years was captained by Asbjørn Sexe while transporting fish products from northern Norway to ports on...