Photos tagged as polar

Polar Bear 3

Date: 7 April 2013
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Balboa Park, USA
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Polar Bear 2

Date: 7 April 2013
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Balboa Park, USA
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Polar Bear 1

Date: 7 April 2013
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Balboa Park, USA
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Nansen was an Arctic explorer who developed many of the techniques later used by other polar explorers such as Amundsen. The ship Fram, most famous due to it being used by Amundsen on his successful South Pole expedition, was originally designed for Nansen's expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Nansen was also a scientist and, later in life, a diplomat who won the Nobel Peace Prize. Polar Museum (Polarmuseet), Tromso, Norway

Date: 11 March 2012
Photographer: mohn: gallery
Location: Tromsø, Norway
Tags: museum sculpture europe norway polar tromso polarmuseet bust fridtjof nansen
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Mind-boggling exhibit of scraps of material from famous balloons

Polar Museum (Polarmuseet), Tromso, Norway

Date: 11 March 2012
Photographer: mohn: gallery
Location: Tromsø, Norway
Tags: balloon museum europe norway polar tromso material exhibit polarmuseet
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Detail of bust of Roald Amundsen

Though most famous for leading the first expedition to reach the South Pole, Amundsen also led the first expedition to navigate the Northwest Passage and was part of the first overflight of the North Pole (in the airship Norge). He died on a rescue mission that departed from Tromso by flying-boat - most of the plane's wreckage, and none of the bodies, have ever been found. Polar Museum (Polarmuseet), Tromso, Norway