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and his team use Fram to cross the Ross Sea and become the fi rst humans to set foot on the Geographic South Pole.
1932 Hurtigruten arranges ship races
1922 The Lofoten and Vesterålen
archipelagos are added to the stops along the Norwegian coast.
from Bodø to Svolvær, and DS Princess Ragnhild wins the Vestfj ord’s Blue Ribbon when she clocks in at 3 hrs, 44 min. In normal traffi c today, the trip takes 6 hrs.
1936 A ship now leaves
1925 DS Dronning Maud is the fi rst
ship of a new generation. She is about one and a half times bigger than her predecessors. For the fi rst time, all cabins have running water and a separate ventilation system.
Bergen every day. Every year more than 230,000 passengers travel on board the fl eet, which comprises 14 ships.
1940
1950
1940 – 45 Several ships take over transport
services for the Norwegian government during World War II.
1945 The reconstruction of Hurtigruten
aft er World War II takes the highest priority. New ships are built.
1937 All Hurtigruten ships are equipped with a
sonar depth fi nder, an electric logbook and a radio transmitter.
Photographer: Fridtjof Nansen / Owner: Nasjonalbiblioteket. Small images: Hurtigruten, Hurtigrutemuseet and Nasjonalbiblioteket.