Fram…..

[Wansworth]

 

[Fantasie 19]

Am I the only one here who knows of Fram via Arthur Ransome??

 

[Davy_S]

He made filters as well.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Am I the only one here who knows of Fram via Arthur Ransome??

I first heard of "Farthest North" from Winter Holiday! I'm pleased to say that I have an early edition of it (maybe a first edition of the English translation) on my bookshelf - a leaving present from my first polar employer!

While Fram was a brilliant vessel for exploration of ice bound seas, by all accounts she is a lousy sea boat, rolling like a pig and desperately slow!

 

[Stemar]

While Fram was a brilliant vessel for exploration of ice bound seas, by all accounts she is a lousy sea boat, rolling like a pig and desperately slow!

Presumably, that would have been a function of the hull shape needed to lift as the ice pressed instead of being crushed.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Presumably, that would have been a function of the hull shape needed to lift as the ice pressed instead of being crushed.

Yes; basically the hull shape that allowed her to be lifted by the ice rather than crushed was not compatible with good sailing ability. Her underwater shape is essentially a cylinder, so she rolls badly (like a surfaced submarine!) and has poor windward ability.

 

[DanTribe]

Am I the only one here who knows of Fram via Arthur Ransome??

And didn't they call corned beef "pemmican" as eaten on Fram?

 

[Koeketiene]

First ship to spend the Winter in Antarctica

 

[AntarcticPilot]

And didn't they call corned beef "pemmican" as eaten on Fram?

The Swallows and Amazon's called corned beef "pemmican", but of course pemmican as used by heroic age polar explorers is a bit different. Not sure of the details, but basically meat, fat and (I think) dried fruit ground together. Plenty calories and protein, but sadly lacking in vitamin C.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

First ship to spend the Winter in Antarctica

Many place names on the Antarctic Peninsula were given by the de Gerlache expedition.