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Ahoy Bob,
You wrote "This seems to be the answer, but someone will have to translate
it: "I april 1909 ble Gjøa skjenket til San Francisco av en norskamerikansk
komité og plassert i Golden Gate Park. I 1972 ble den brakt til Oslo og
står nå ved Sjøfartsmuseet." So, here we go:
In April 1909 a Norwegian-American committee donated Gjøa to SF and placed
in GGP. In 1972 it was brought to Oslo and is now placed by the Maritime
Museum.
Some few notes to "Gjøa" (47 ton, 70') and her surroundings: She is in good
company together with Thor Heyerdahl's "Kon Tiki" and Amundsen's "Fram" (=
Forward). Fram spent three years in the ice in the North, and achieved a
further North latitude than any surface vessel before or since. In 1912
Roald Amundsen, for his successful expedition to the South Pole, employed
her down South. She is now fully restored and preserved in a building at
the museum.
BTW, as to other vessels (and materials) passing the Northwest, the two guys
John Andersen and Vidar Sie were paddling through in kayak in 1988. No one
else has done it before or after.
The shipping is not a result of civilisation; the civilisation is a result
of shipping, so, you better go cruising!
Regards
Bent Tolstrup
