MS Fram

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MS Fram on its maiden voyge in Greenland.
Career
Name: MS Fram
Operator: Hurtigruten
Port of registry: Tromsø,
Builder: Fincantieri, Italy
Laid down: March 2006,
Christened: May 2007
Identification: IMO number: 9370018
Status: In Service
General characteristics
Tonnage: 12700 GT
Length: 114 m (374 ft 0 in)
Beam: 20.2 m (66 ft 3 in)
Decks: Eight
Ice class: 1B
Speed: 13 knots (24.08 km/h; 14.96 mph)
Capacity: 400 passengers
280 berths
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MS Fram is a passenger vessel operated by the Norwegian-based Hurtigruten Group. The ship is named after the ship used by explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. The ship operates in the Arctic ocean and around Greenland in the summer, and cruises around Antarctica at other points of the year.[1][2] In December 2007, the ship struck a glacier in Antarctica and sustained damage to the starboard side as a result of engine problems, although it did not affect the ship's seaworthiness.[3]

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