We are still here in Nuuk but delighted to again be tied up infront of the Maud and her tug TANDBERG POLAR. We were rafted against the tug for a few days in Aasiaat and, of course, snowshoed across the bay to the Maud when we visited Aasiaat in March. Now she is on her slow and stately way to a purpose built museum for her near Oslo.
The Maud was built by Amundsen in1916 as a polar exploration vessel. She took 6 years to navigate the North East Passage and finally sank in Cambridge Bay in the North West Passage after being iced in. The Norwegian crew of the TANDBERG POLAR have spent 4 summers salvaging her and this summer she should finally reach Oslo. The TANDBERG POLAR spent the winter hauled out next to Shimshal at Sisak Teknik in Aasiaat.
Stig