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Textile painting on linen about the slaying of the cold-drake Scatha by Fram, the fourth Lord of the Éothéod, inspired by the depiction of Sigurð slaying Fáfnir from the Hylestad Stave Church.

(A task for the 20th Tolkien Mailing Competition.)

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hello also. yesterday was a big day and i did so so well at being normal

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The Fram and the Gjøa

I visited the Fram-Museum in Oslo recently. The museum is built around the ship Fram, which was build for and mainly used by the Norwegian polar explorer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen. The ship was later also used by Roald Amundsen, another Norwegian polar explorer, when he led the first successful expedition to reach the geographic south pole. The Fram is almost completely accessible – a fact that made my heart beat just a little bit faster ^^.

The museum also houses the ship Gjøa – the first ship to successfully traverse the North-West-Passage. I took no photos there because I was in a bit of a rush. I took so much time with the Fram that the museum was about to close once I made it to the Gjøa.

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Arctic exploration represents one of humanity’s most formidable quests for discovery, driven by scientific curiosity, commercial ambition, and geopolitical competition. From the early voyages of Henry Hudson (1609–1610) to the great naval expeditions of the 19th century, European powers sought a northern sea route to Asia - the fabled Northwest and Northeast Passages. These efforts, led by figures...