Gjøa

. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three year journey, finishing in 1906. The 70ft square-sterned 48 ton sloop was built by Kurt Johannesson Skaale in Rosendal, Norway in 1872, the same year Amundsen was born. She was named ''Gjøa'' after her owner's wife (...)