I am feeling the years today. Tired and suffering from a bit of vertigo. But there was something I wanted to see. So, I womaned up and headed out. I wanted to see the good ship Fram. The Fram was a state-of-the-art polar exploration vehicle from early in the last century. The Fram has been a museum piece since 1913. She fell into decay and neglect, but is now nicely housed and presented in its own building nowadays.
The Fram’s most famous voyage was to the South Pole 1910-1912 under command of Roald Amundsen. Amundsen was an absolute fanatic for details. That’s why he beat Scott to the South Pole and lived to tell about it.
On a previous expedition Amundsen lost men to scurvy and insanity in long arctic winters. He stocked the Fram with 3,000 books, a piano, beer and wine, games and musical instruments. The ship had electric lights. The power came from a windmill. And, it was diesel powered as well as sail powered.
the audio visual etc makes for a rather realistic experience on deck. Of course my vertigo also enhances the experience.
The Kon Tiki, the adventure was grand, the science not so good. Think I will get back on the bus and come home.