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Oslo, Norway

Oslo Boats

"Oslo Boats"
 ©2016 photo Elroy Christenson

The boats of Oslo are moored in a public area near the Fram Museum and the Kon-Tiki Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula. The Norwegian sailors became known for their good seamanship and adventurous nature.  The Fram ship is actually housed inside the museum and was a ship that made several trips to the Arctic.  It was designed to specifically be able to handle the pressure of the ice flows they would encounter.

The Kon-Tiki Museum was built to commemorate the ethnological studies and the 5000 mile raft voyage of Thor Heyerdahl from South America to French Polynesia in 1947.  His work was earth shaking for it's proof that Polynesia could have been settled by natives from South America rather than from Asia. 

In this same Bygdøy complex of museums and public activities is also the Viking Ship Museum.  It holds two nearly perfectly preserved and resurrected Viking ships.  It also includes many richly carved items that came from the burial mound from which the Oseberg Ship was excavated.  

source:

    Christenson, Elroy.  photos 2016
    Ringebu Stavkyrkje pamphlet 2016,  author Hilde Guttu, ringebu@stavechurch.no


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