The Fram Museum on Bygdøy Peninsula houses the Fram, the strongest wooden ship ever built. This Scottish-Norwegian-built ship of 1892 was used by explorers including Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen and has been immaculately preserved, both inside and out.
Oslo's Fram Museum tells the story of the Norwegian polar expeditions, which also represent international history in the field of polar exploration: Nansen's journey across the Polar ocean and his attempt to ski across the North Pole, Sverdrup's expedition to Greenland, a voyage where more than 200,000 square kilometres of unchartered land was discovered, and Amundsen's journey to the South Pole, the discovery of the Northwest Passage and his attempt to reach the North Pole.
The exhibitions in Oslo's Fram Museum have a representative selection of animals from the Polar region, including polar bears, penguins and moscus ox. The museum is located next to the Kon-Tiki Museum.