Gjøa [jøː.ɑ] 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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1915–1916 and saw service with the Norwegian merchant fleet. From 1972, the Gjøa was displayed in the Norwegian Maritime Museum. The ship was the first vessel...
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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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converted 45 net register tonnage (4,500 cu ft or 130 m3) herring boat Gjøa. Gjøa was much smaller than vessels used by other Arctic expeditions and had...
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Furuset, Gjøa, Hasle, Holmen, Strong, Trygg, NTHI, Trond and Trondheim. The inaugural game was played at Furuset Stadion on January 4, 1935 between Gjøa and...
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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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NOK 50 million kronerfor building a chemical injection modular to the Nye Gjøa-platform. The same year the firm obtained a contract worth NOK 100 million...
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Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coral Harbour Gjoa Haven Grise Fiord Igloolik Iqaluit Apex Kimmirut Kinngait Kugaaruk Kugluktuk...
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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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navigated by boat until 1906, when Roald Amundsen traversed the passage on the Gjøa. In 2014, a search team led by Parks Canada located the wreck of Erebus in...
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An Inuit drum dancer performing at Gjoa Haven...
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another Sverdrup veteran who had been cook aboard Gjøa. From his experiences on board Belgica and Gjøa, Amundsen had learned the importance of choosing...
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Inuinnaqtun is used primarily in the communities of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Outside Nunavut, it is spoken in...
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Dancer at Drum Dance Festival, Gjoa Haven, Nunavut...
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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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explorer Roald Amundsen and the Gjøa, the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. Following the expedition, Gjøa was donated to the city in 1906...
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List of geological features on Mercury (redirect from Gjöa Rupes)
Fram, ship of Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen Gjöa Rupes -66.7 159.3 Gjøa, ship of Roald Amundsen Heemskerck Rupes 25.9 125.3 Ship of Abel...
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(Netsilingmiut[pronunciation?]) are Inuit who live predominantly in Kugaaruk and Gjoa Haven, and somewhat in Taloyoak of the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, and, to...
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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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expedition USS Advance Kane Fox McClintock HMS Pandora Young Fram Sverdrup Gjøa Amundsen Rasmussen Karluk Stefansson Bartlett St. Roch H. Larsen Cowper North...
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