Posted by David Bamford on October 17, 2004 at 22:32:24 from 203.10.110.133 user David.
In Reply to: Re: FRAM in the ice.....Winter Holiday posted by Mike Field on October 17, 2004 at 06:28:09:
If memory serves [and it doesn't always, these days] Fram was built both extremely strongly and also designed to pop up under lateral pressure from ice. I believe that her principal section was semi-circular, which caused her to roll atrociously in normal seas.
David.