Other-waters

Fram was a ship used in expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic regions by Norwegian explorers 1893–1912. Fram was probably the strongest wooden ship ever built; it was built by the British shipwright Colin Archer for Fridtjof Nansen's 1893 expedition where Nansen planned to let Fram freeze into the Arctic ice sheet and float through the ice sheet, via the North Pole.

Fram is said to be the ship to have sailed furthest north and furthest south. Fram is currently preserved in whole at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 †June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition in 1911-1912 which first reached the South Pole.

Amundsen was born to a family of Norwegian shipowners and captains. Inspired by Fridtjof Nansen's crossing of Greenland in 1888 he decided on a life of exploration.

Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

Why feature the lyrics of this anthem here? I'm not British. Nor do I have British ancestors or any other reason to get lyrical on how great the British are. But I'll give credit where credit is due.

Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002) was (originally) a marine biologist with a great interest in anthropology, born in Larvik, Norway, who became famous for his Kon-Tiki Expedition in 1947. This expedition demonstrated there were no technical reasons to prevent people from South America from having settled the Polynesian Islands. Nevertheless most anthropologists continue to believe, based on physical and genetic evidence, that Polynesia was settled from west to east, migration having begun from the Asian mainland.

Kaua‘i (also colloquially spelled Kauai without the ‘okina) is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands. Known also as the "Garden Isle", Kaua‘i lies 105 miles (170 kilometers) across the Kaua‘i Channel, northwest of O‘ahu. Of volcanic origin, the highest point on the mountainous island is Mount Wai‘ale‘ale, near the center of the island, 5148 feet (1570 meters) above sea level. The wettest spot on Earth, with an annual average rainfall of 460 inches (11,648 millimeters), is located on the east side of Mount Wai‘ale‘ale. The high annual rainfall has eroded deep valleys in the central mountain, carving out canyons with many scenic waterfalls.