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Vol. 122 No. 27 July 8, 2011 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidene $1.50 per copy Norway.com News Find more at Celebrating Nansen-Amundsen Year www.norway.com News Jubilee year Starting July 1, Norwegian honors polar consumers will pay more for a number of food products, said explorers Fridtjof to be mainly due to the latest Nansen and Roald agreement on farm subsidies. Prices on flour, sugar and cook- Amundsen ing oil has also increased on the world market. The price of Vi s i t No r w a y sugar has increased by up to 20 www.visitnorway.com percent, NRK reports. The price increase on most food products in Norway will be around five This year’s jubilee will com- percent. memorate the life and achieve- (blog.norway.com/category/ ments of two of Norway’s most news) famous sons: Fridtjof Nansen, who was born 150 years ago this year, Business and Roald Amundsen, who, ac- The price of salmon has seen a companied by four of his men, was drastic decline in the past few the first to reach the South Pole 100 months, rocking the boat for years ago. Where in Norway can the Norwegian fishing industry you learn more about Nansen and and salmon farmers who have Amundsen? Here are a few sugges- enjoyed several years of record tions. profits. Top of your list should be the Photo: The Nansen-Amundsen-Year 2011 (blog.norway.com/category/ In 2011 two anniversaries with great significance for Norway coincide. It is 150 years since the birth of Fridtjof Nansen and business) CONTINUES PAGE 6 100 years since Roald Amundsen, accompanied by four of his men, arrived as the first at the South Pole. Sports Emilie Haavi’s late goal six Norwegian Explorers From oil and gas to wind minutes from time earned Nor- way an opening FIFA Women’s Special issue dedicated to Norway’s Statoil sharpens World Cup group stage victory courageous and pioneering explorers against Equatorial Guinea in its renewable Augsburg, Germany. (blog.norway.com/category/ energy efforts sports) St a t o i l Royal Family TRH The Crown Prince and Statoil has signed two agree- Crown Princess arrived in Mo- ments for the sale of the major part naco July 1 to attend the wed- of Statoil’s onshore wind power ding between Prince Albert activities in Norway, enabling the II of Monaco and Charlene group to focus more of its efforts Wittstock. on offshore wind projects. (blog.norway.com/category/ Photo: Hild Bjelland Vik/Statoil CONTINUES PAGE 16 norways-royal-family) What’s inside? Thorkildsen back on top News 3 Business 4 Resilient javelin Research & Education 5 star wins after Opinion 6-7 battling with injury Norwegian Explorers 8-19 No r w a y Po s t Arts & Style 20 Photo courtesy of the National Library In Your Neighborhood 21 Fridtjof Nansen and his crew celebrated Norwegian Constitution Day on May 17, Norway's Andreas Thorkild- 1895, with flags and banners during their expedition on the Arctic Ocean. Norwegian Heritage 22 sen won the javelin competition We welcome you to our Nor- This year honors polar explorers at the Diamond League meet in $1 = NOK 5.3685 wegian Explorers special issue! Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amund- Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 30 updated 7/1/2011 With more than 40 percent sen, and the Fram Museum is cel- with a throw of 88.19m, achieved in the first round. In comparison of its territory north of the Arctic ebrating its 75th anniversary. Learn Russia's Sergey Makarov 6/1/2011 5.4445 Circle, Norway is an Arctic coun- more about the people and ships try. Norwegians have participated of these expeditions and the mark placed second with 87.12m in his 1/1/2011 5.8237 on many important expeditions to they left on the history books, start- 5th try, and Germany's Matthias de 7/1/2010 6.4185 both the Arctic and the Antarctic. ing on page 8. CONTINUES PAGE 23 Photo: andreasthorkildsen.com Does retirement feel like a distant dream? Now is the time to maximize your retirement savings with a Traditional or Roth IRA at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. To learn more: Log on to Thrivent.com/readyforsteady Call our Financial Advice Center at 888-834-7428 Contact your fi nancial representative Find a workshop near you at Thrivent.com/fi ndaworkshop

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Lydersen/Norway’s UN Mission To mark World Refugee Day 2011, U.N. Secretary- Train disruption starts smoothly General Ban Ki-moon and his wife attended the Nansen Lecture, which was presented by former Photo: Forsvaret Locals and tourists alike have been brac- U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland. Minister of Defense Grete Faremo and Chief of Defense Harald Sunde talks to the press when a new ing themselves for commuter chaos, as the report about wounded in Afghanistan is being handed over during a press conference. scheduled halt of all trains through Oslo be- gan June 27. Scheduled to last for six weeks, No r w a y ’s Mi s s i o n t o t h e Un i t e d Na t i o n s Af t e np o s t e n the disruption in train traffic is due to nec- essary maintenance and improvements. The The 150th anniversary of the birth of the On July 1, the Norwegian government Of these, 26 were traumatic injuries, 20 of comprehensive renewal program for signals, great Norwegian polar explorer, scientist and released a report “Skadde i Afghanistan 2001 which were a result of hostile action. Nine switches, tracks and other rail infrastructure humanitarian, Fridtjof Nansen, was honored – 2010).” The report showed 839 Norwegians Norwegian soldier have died. The report is is meant to lead to far more reliability of a train system that has developed a terrible in New York with the U.N. Secretary-Gen- have been injured in Afghanistan since 2001. CONTINUES PAGE 19 eral Ban Ki-moon as guest of honor and the reputation of being late. “All things consid- ered, this has gone fairly well,” press officer former U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Bjørn Stuedal of NSB told Aftenposten. Jan Egeland as keynote speaker. (Views and News from Norway) Ban Ki-moon held the opening speech The spirit of adventure where he thanked Norway for its leading Monument to witchcraft trial victims role in the humanitarian field. He also said Exclusive cognac HM Queen Sonja officially opened the Steil- that his desire to help refugees and internally honors polar explorers neset memorial on Midsummer’s Eve. The displaced people was in part due to his own memorial is part of the National Tourist experience: as a six-year old during the Ko- ART PRO Routes project, and is a memorial to the 91 rean War he was forced to flee with his fam- people convicted of witchcraft and executed ily when his home was set on fire. in Finnmark County the 1600s. The monu- The setting was worthy of the great ex- This year marks the 100th anniversary ment consists of two buildings – a glass con- plorer and humanitarian – the Harvard Hall of Roald Amundsen and his crew reaching struction, which houses the work by Louise on Manhattan. The hall is not unlike the ones the South Pole. They sailed the Fram from Bourgeois, and a 125-meter-long memorial that Nansen himself visited during his lecture Oslo on June 7, 1910, and among the sup- hall with a window for each of the victims. tour about Russian refugees after World War plies were 96 bottles of cognac. (Kongehuset) I. Nansen was the world’s first High Com- The Amundsen edition is the first of five missioner for Refugees, having been ap- exclusive cognac launches, one for each of New supercomputer for NTNU pointed by the League of Nations in 1920. the five who reached the South Pole. The The Norwegian University of Science and Nearly 90 years later, various U.N. lead- next four will be launched each year until Technology (NTNU) and Silicon Graphics ers, philanthropists, academics, activists and 2015. Cognac is produced and bottled for the International Corp (SGI) signed a contract journalists filed in to listen as the U.N.’s ART PRO publishers AS in cooperation with for a new supercomputer to be installed at former U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator, Jan the Fram Museum, Hurtigruten, the Braastad NTNU. The new machine will be jointly Egeland, presented the Nansen Lecture de- family, Cognac and Travel Retail Norway. owned by NTNU and the Norwegian Meteo- scribing the plight of the world’s 43.7 mil- Each issue will cross the equator twice with rological Institute, and will be used for re- search at NTNU and for numerical weather lion refugees and displaced people. Hurtigruten ship “MV FRAM.” This year's prediction. The new SGI system will deliver “We see today the highest number of edition is 610 bottles. 10 times the capacity of the university’s cur- refugees and forcibly displaced fellow in ”Sophisticated cognac, great finess with rent high performance computer. a persistent aromas of vanilla, light and el- this millennium. There is more development (NTNU) CONTINUES PAGE 4 CONTINUES PAGE 23 Photo: ART PRO Support your Norwegian heritage. Subscribe to the Norwegian American Weekly and stay in touch with Norway and the Norwegian-American community $55 per year – that’s 47 issues! Every subscription makes a difference in keeping this 122-year-old tradition going strong Canada: $75 per year – Norway and all other countries: $175 per year

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“We search for fossils in the high Arctic, about the chemistry of this sea bottom was moving hundreds of tons of rock by hand in very favorable to the preservation of bones,” wet, freezing conditions. It’s fantastic.” Hurum notes. The treasure trove of skeletons He’s been asking the same question found in this single layer of earth includes since he was five years old: “Where do I everything from micro algae to small marine come from?” The answer, Jørn Hurum be- reptiles to enormous sea monsters—speci- lieves, could lie in fossilized bones, buried mens that help connect new dots in the evo- for millions of years. “I focus on fossils to lutionary story. “We’re uncovering an entire try and understand my own past. If my dis- ecosystem filled with new species no one has coveries can contribute a new piece of the seen before. It’s giving us an overview of the puzzle to explain the history of life on Earth, high Arctic during part of the Jurassic period that’s really exciting.” for the very first time.” He’s found a forbidding, yet fossil-fer- Though Hurum has been digging for tile spot to conduct his search. Each August decades, he insists that “discovering a fos- he leads a team to Norway’s Svalbard archi- sil is like finding gold every time. It’s like pelago, far north of the Arctic Circle. There, a scratch-off lottery ticket. When you find under a sun that never sets, they anchor tents bones on the surface, you don’t know what against freezing winds, post lookouts for po- lies below. Many times the whole skeleton lar bears, and begin coaxing the secrets of has been weathered away. But sometimes evolution from a rocky polar desert. “For you start to uncover a bone and it just keeps about three weeks a year, there’s very little going and going, deeper and deeper. Those Photo: Hans Arne Nakrem Norwegian paleontologist Dr. Jørn Hurum was recently awarded the National Geographic “Emerging snow, and since the landscape has virtu- are the big, beautiful finds.” Explorers Award” in Washington D.C. due to his excavations on Svalbard. ally no vegetation, there are a lot of exposed One such spectacular find, a partial plio- rocks on the mountainsides,” he describes. saur christened “Predator X,” put Hurum on “It allows us to see outcrops very cleanly the paleontology map. Both it and fragments another pivotal discovery was made—an as- “Ida,” after his own six-year-old daughter. and find fossils everywhere. We’ve already of another equally colossal specimen he un- tonishingly intact primate fossil pulled from Hurum believes Ida is critical to under- mapped about 60 skeletons in a very small earthed are some of the largest sea reptiles Germany’s Messel Pit. The 47-million-year- standing the evolution between higher pri- area; it’s the biggest locality of marine rep- of their kind known to science. As dinosaurs old prize is the most complete primate fossil mates, such as monkeys, apes, and humans, tiles in the world.” strolled the shores, these 50-foot predators ever found. Immediately recognizing its sig- and their more distant cousins, such as le- One hundred and fifty million years ago, prowled the cold waters with powerful jaws nificance, Hurum was responsible for bring- murs. Her features include relatively short the 600-foot high hillsides the team combs perfectly designed for pulverizing prey. ing the star specimen to the Natural History limbs, grasping hands, opposable thumbs, were 600 feet below water. “Something Hundreds of miles away from Hurum, Museum of the University of Oslo, naming it CONTINUES PAGE 16

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Tacoma, Washington 6 • July 8, 2011 norwegian american weekly opinion An opinion column about current issues in Norway Join the conversation! On the EDGE Northern Norway: New challenges and bright possibilities By Svein Ludvigsen, Governor of Troms county

“Look to Norway,” said U.S. President area now and in the years ahead. and Pacific Ocean. The Northern Sea Route serves in the High North, in addition to gas Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II. High North, mainland Norway, Spits- goes along the Norwegian coast, through resources. On the other hand both the U.S. I invite you to look to North Norway now. bergen and the Barents Sea have enormous and in the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait. and the E.U. will need to import much more Or I might say the High North, meaning natural resources, but the vulnerable envi- The first will shorten the journey from energy in the coming years. Although Rus- North of the polar circle and circumpolar. ronment needs protection too. Norway rec- the U.S. East Coast to Japan from 9,000 sia is an energy super power it is not nec- You reach Tromsø, the largest city in ognizes that it needs international partners nautical miles (NM) today to only 7,000 essarily so that it will become their main northern Norway after 1 hour 40 minutes to succeed in its industrial ambitions for the NM. The latter will almost halve the sailing supplier. However, the World’s dependency flying time from Oslo. For generations, area. distance from Europe to Japan, from 11,200 on Russian oil and gas supply will increase, Tromsø has been the gateway to the Arctic, Historically the ocean in the North has NM to 6,000 NM. and Russia’s role as a controller of resourc- and is still a hub for flights as well as voy- been a blue field where the fishermen could And in some years, and perhaps much es of strategic importance will rice. ages across the Barents Sea. Yes, you can harvest rich fish stocks. These are in good sooner than the U.N. Climate panel indi- Both Kola Peninsula and North Nor- even drive by car to Sweden, Finland and shape thanks to sustainable management, cated, it will be possible to sail across the way already have a relatively large mining Russia. The 196-km border between Russia monitoring the fish quotas and the Coast North Pole. If so, it raises a lot of delicate industry. Gold, ore, apatite, nephelinesyen- and Norway was closed during the Soviet Guard checking all vessels to avoid IUU- questions about sovereignty. In fact, Nor- ite, marble, nickel and titanium are some period, but is now open for traffic through fishing (illegal, unreported and unregu- way and Russia have already been negotiat- of the products extracted from the ground. Kirkenes in Finnmark. lated). Today only China export more fish ing about a disputed area in the Barents Sea More effective production due to new tech- Even though there are only 440,000 in monetary terms than Norway. But at the for more than 30 years. However, the two nology make it possible to open new mines. people in northern Norway, there are in same time, and in the same ocean, we know countries have, in spite of the disagreement, And who knows what is hidden offshore addition 5.5 million in Northwest Russia. there are considerable oil and gas resources. agreed to find a solution somehow. But when the icecap is gone in some decades? Murmansk city on the Kola Peninsula, 250 A conflict of interest, you might say! neither is in a hurry, although both believe Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said to his km east of the Norwegian border – approxi- As far as I can see there are seven main there is much oil deep under the surface. colleagues in the Arctic Council in 2009, mately the same population as Oslo. challenges in the North, seen from a Nor- Research indicates that 1/4 of the to- that the Arctic is a region characterized by After former Minister of Foreign Af- wegian perspective: tal unknown oil resources are in the Arc- close cooperation and the absence of con- fairs, Thorvald Stoltenberg, took the ini- • Climate changes are visible, rapid and tic. Another 1/4 is in North Africa and the flict. He also called it an area of peace and tiative to establish the Barents Region, the dramatic Middle East, and the rest elsewhere. Both stability. Norway seeks cooperation because international focus on the High North has • Large energy resources Norway and Russia already produce oil and our primary responsibility is to maintain grown significantly. The U.S., Russia and • Large fishery resources gas in the Barents Sea and Russia has enor- this favorable situation in the interests of all the E.U. all participate in this Barents Re- • Marine and mineral resources mous production in both the Kara Sea and mankind. gion initiative, which is an expression of • Geopolitical and future sovereignty Siberia. There might possibly be oil in East Svein Ludvigsen (mem- political ambition to establish international • Population trends in North Norway Greenland, as well as more to find in the ber of Høyre/Conserva- cooperation following the fall of the Soviet • The need for competence, education Alaska North Slope. tive party) was elected to Union. and research Today Russia is the biggest sharehold- the Norwegian Parliament Later the Norwegian Parliament, after The climate changes are significant er of the known oil and gas resources in the from Troms in 1989, and was re-elected on two oc- an initiative of former Minister of Foreign in the Arctic. The ice is melting, and soon Arctic. Russia has 95 BBO (billion barrels casions. From 2001 to Affairs, Ambassador Jan Petersen, pointed there could be commercial traffic both of oil), and Alaska has only 26 BBO. This 2005, Ludvigsen was Min- out the great possibilities and challenges in through the Northwest Passage as well as means that Russia has 72 percent of the oil ister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. In 2001 our High North policy. The present Minis- the Northern Sea Route. The Northwest resources, while Alaska has 20 percent, he was appointed County Governor of Troms, ter Jonas Gahr Støre has said that the High Passage is the sea route along the northern Norway 7 percent and Canada 2 percent. but because of his job as cabinet minister he North is Norway’s most important strategic coast of North America connecting Atlantic So, on one hand there are large oil re- assumed the office in January 2006.

The opinions expressed by opinion writers featured in “On the Edge” are not necessarily those of Norwegian American Weekly, and our publication of those views is not an endorsement of them. Comments, suggestions and complaints about the opinions expressed by the paper’s editorials should be directed to the editor. nansen-amundsen... (…continued from page 1) Fram expeditions (led by Fridtjof Nansen, the ships ply the River Glomma, already har- Nansen Amundsen Year 2011. Here are some Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen respec- bouring dreams of traveling to the far cor- of the highlights in Norway: tively), while rotating temporary exhibitions ners of the world. His childhood home has Nansen and Me (until Dec. 31) at Nobel Fram Museum in Oslo, which celebrates focus on a range of polar issues. The muse- been preserved just like it was when Roald Peace Centre, Oslo. A new activity room at its 75th birthday this year and is an abso- um also boasts the largest polar bookstore in Amundsen lived there. the Nobel Peace Centre, where children and lute must-see for anyone interested in po- the world, with some 220 titles. Both Nansen and Amundsen have a gal- families can learn about Fridtjof Nansen’s lar exploration. Located on Bygdøy, a short Amundsen’s childhood home in Borge, lery dedicated to their life and achievements work for refugees, and what it means to be ferry ride from Aker Brygge in Oslo, the near Sarpsborg, is the house where Amund- at the Polar Museum in Tromsø, which is part a refugee today. museum houses an extensive collection of sen was born, the youngest of four brothers, of Tromsø University. New for the Nansen On April 15, the Norwegian post office artifacts, photographs and films, although on July 16, 1872. His family, which owned Amundsen Year 2011 is the exhibition “Sno- issued stamps to commemorate the jubilee. the centerpiece of the permanent exhibition this farm and several others in the area, lived whow: What the polar heroes learned from “Fridtjof Nansen, scientist and artist” is undoubtedly the Fram, the wooden ship here for generations, and this place in Borge the Inuit, the Sami and Arctic seafarers” on- exhibition (through Oct. 9) at the Lilleham- Nansen used to explore the Northeast Pas- played a significant part in Amundsen’s board MS Polstjerna. mer Art Museum, Lillehammer. Nansen was sage along the coast of Siberia, and on which upbringing. As a child, the future polar ex- Nearly 130 events are planned in Nor- a talented draughtsman, and he used many Amundsen traveled to the South Pole. The plorer spent many a holiday here, watching way and abroad this year to celebrate the main exhibition describes the three great CONTINUES PAGE 19

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Left: Roald Amundsen in June 1889. Right: Fridtjof Nansen on Feb. 11, 1897, just after published a book about his expeditions titled “Farthest North.” Photos courtesy of the National Library in Norway

Me l i n d a Ba r g r e e n Everett, Wash.

For those of us who are only armchair lives and work of Nansen and Amundsen.” tire island was covered by a thick sheet of rounds out our picture of this many-faceted adventurers, reading about the daring snow- The two polar heroes will also be celebrated ice (and also getting to know the indigenous and seminal figure. He was a member of the and-ice exploits of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald for their roles as nation-builders, human- Inuit people). Then, we have Nansen the Norwegian League of Nations delegation Amundsen is enough to make us shiver (even rights advocates, scientists and (in Nansen’s seafarer, whose discoveries aboard the ship (1920-30), at whose behest he organized the in the summer) and reach for the nearest case) diplomat and politician. Fram essentially established the fact that the repatriation of more than 450,000 prison- warm sweater. Almost unimaginably tough The first order of business for anyone North Pole was not situated on a landmass, ers of war from 26 countries. One historian, and resourceful, Nansen and Amundsen ex- interested in the Jubilee is a visit to the web- but on water. Nansen’s scientific findings Carl Emil Vogt, estimates that approximately emplified the Viking spirit in the early 20th site, which also is available in English: www. were published following his journey home a million Russians received help through the century. But these two, whose anniversaries nansenamundsen.no/en. Informative articles, to Norway. relief work Nansen ini- are celebrated this year in a joint jubilee as news about exhibitions and events, and even There’s also Nansen The difficult is what takes a tiated in Soviet Russia. the “Nansen-Amundsen Year,” were more the chance to “Like” this site on Facebook the diplomat, who was a He also aided Greek, than just daring polar explorers who saw will await you there. There’s still more at the prime mover in securing little time; the impossible is Turkish, and Armenian and did what no man had ever seen or done Fram Museum’s website (also in English): Norway’s independence refugees. In 1922 he before. They were brilliant men of science, www.frammuseum.no. and hiring her first mon- what takes a little longer. was awarded the No- men of letters, and men principle – leaders The older of the two explorers, Fridtjof arch, the Danish Prince bel Peace Prize for his who changed forever (and for the good) the Nansen (1861 – 1930), was a man of such Carl – as well as be- – Fridtjof Nansen humanitarian efforts. world in which they lived. breadth of talent that he seemed to live sev- coming Norway’s first Readers of the The year 2011 marks the 150th anniver- eral lifetimes in one lifespan. First, there was ambassador to England (1906 – 08). And Norwegian American Weekly may already sary of the birth of Nansen, and the 100th Nansen the brilliant scientist, who wrote (and Nansen the author/historian, penning several feel they know Nansen’s fellow explorer anniversary of Amundsen’s first arrival (with illustrated) his doctoral dissertation on the books including “The Norwegian Sea” (an Roald Amundsen (1872 – 1928) personally, four of his men) at the South Pole. This joint central nervous system of the hagfish, and important reference work in ocean research), after following the ongoing journal entries coincidence prompted the Norwegian Gov- worked as a curator in the Bergen Museum. and “In Northern Mists,” a history of Arctic (courtesy of Oslo’s Fram Museum) in the ernment to establish the Nansen–Amundsen Then, there was Nansen the bold explorer, travel and exploration in the years preceding newspaper. Amundsen’s strong but benevo- Year 2011, a celebration designed to “spread who was the first to traverse Greenland from the 16th century. lent leadership and his air of calm optimism knowledge and arouse enthusiasm about the coast to coast on skis, proving that the en- Finally, Nansen the humanitarian CONTINUES PAGE 16 norwegian american weekly July 8, 2011 • 9 norwegian explorers Gjøa: From Norway and back again

Left: The Gjøa makes a landing at Frisco. Right: The Gjøa was kept in San Francisco, Calif., 1909 – 1971. Photos: Fram Museum

Ge i r O. Kl ø v e r Fram Museum

The Gjøa was the first ship to be sailed Together with the Fram the Gjøa repre- When Amundsen later held a lecture on with the sloop, but several improvements through the entire Northwest Passage. Roald sents some of the most interesting events in the Gjøa expedition in Haugesund April 8, were necessary before the Gjøa could sail Amundsen and his six companions accom- Norway’s maritime and polar history. The 1907, Sexe was apparently in the audience towards the Northwest Passage. plished this in 1903-06. The Gjøa belongs public will now be able to fully experience and the two Gjøa skippers met. The shipyard Tromsø Skipsverft put in today to the Fram Museum. An extension to these in the extended Fram Museum. The wreck of the Gjøa was sold to O.J. extra strengthening of the hull, lengthened house the ship will be opened in 2012. The Gjøa was built to order by Asb- Kaarbøe in Svolvær in 1882 and was brought the ice sheathing down to the keel and im- After Roald Amundsen’s successful jørn Sexe in 1872. It was the fifth in a line to Gravdal, Vestvågøy, Nordland for recon- proved the interior fittings. In May 1902 the navigation of the Northwest Passage in 1906, of sloops from Knut Johannesson Skaala’s struction. While there she was sold to Trom- Gjøa was strengthened with iron in Trond- the Gjøa has been the subject of great inter- shipyard in Rosendal, Hardanger. Timber for sø skipper Hans Christian Johannesen (3) heim and a 13 HP Dan hot-bulb motor was est. In 2009 it was 100 years since she was the ship was felled in the forests by Bjørgane for 700 kroner. The Toftekalven brothers in put in. This was one of the first petrol en- brought ashore in San Francisco and put on in Ølve, while the mast and spars came from Høylandsbygd bought the original rigging. gines to be installed in a Norwegian vessel. public exhibition for the first time. Since then Varaldsøy. The ship was named after Gjøa In 1884 Johannesen sailed the Gjøa to The history of the first navigation of the there have been numerous discussions about Sexe, the skipper’s wife. the Kara Sea and thereafter he made annual Northwest Passage is well known (See the the ship’s condition, the lack of maintenance Hans Nerhus writes of the Gjøa that voyages in arctic waters. In 1897 the Gjøa Fram Museum website). The Gjøa left Kris- and the possibility of putting her under a roof Sexe naturally was present when the sloop was off the east coast of Greenland, before tiania on June 16, 1903, and became the first as has been done with the polar ship Fram. In was launched (Nerhus 1981). When he stood she sailed east to Virgohamna bay in Sval- ship to sail through the entire Passage. The this period the Gjøa has been through several under the bow to strike the wedge from un- bard where Swedish S.A. Andrée was pre- crew in addition to Roald Amundsen were extensive restorations owing to damage from der a skid, the wedge rebounded and hit him paring to set off for the North Pole with his Godfred Hansen, Helmer Hansen, Anton normal wear and tear, wind and rain, vandal- on the mouth so blood flowed. While wiping hydrogen balloon “The Eagle” (Örnen). The Lund, Peder Ristvedt, Gustav Juel Wiik and ism and souvenir hunters. the blood away the comment came that “I following year Johannesen sailed the Gjøa Adolf H. Lindstrøm. The expedition arrived In May 2009 the Norwegian Maritime have had many good kisses from Gjøa, but past Novaya Zemlya and returned to Tromsø in Nome, Alaska on Aug. 30, 1906 after two Museum and the Fram Museum signed an never as powerful as today.” via Franz Josef Land and Kvitøya. winterings in Gjøa Haven on King William agreement for the Fram Museum to take over While skippering the Gjøa Sexe mainly On March 28, 1901, Roald Amundsen Island and one at King Point by the Mack- the Gjøa. She could at last be brought inside. sailed to the northern Norwegian provinces signed the contract to buy the Gjøa. The enzie Delta. The Gjøa anchored in San Fran- This gives the Fram Museum the possibility of Nordland and Finnmark. One winter he sloop had been thoroughly examined and cisco, Calif., on Sept. 10, 1906, and was met of developing a more complete Norwegian sailed the Gjøa from Bergen to Stamsund in assessed beforehand and for 10,000 kroner, with enormous enthusiasm from the inhabit- polar museum and ensuring the Gjøa’s future 67 hours, which apparently was the Norwe- Amundsen got the Gjøa with hunting equip- ants there. as an historical monument. It will also con- gian record for a sloop. ment, boats and fixtures. That same summer Amundsen wanted to sail the Gjøa round tribute to develop the Bygdøy area as a Nor- In 1882 the Gjøa was wrecked by Ka- the Gjøa was equipped for a test voyage in America and home, but was advised by wegian maritime culture center. In this con- belvåg. Sexe sold his farm in Hardanger and the Arctic Sea. Amundsen was well satisfied CONTINUES PAGE 23 nection the Directorate for Cultural Heritage moved to Haugesund. Asbjørn Sexe kept a (Riksantikvaren) stated in a letter of April close eye on the Gjøa’s fate and was extreme- 27, 2009: “On the basis of the ship’s history, ly proud of his old sloop when she navigated as the first through the Northwest Passage, it the Northwest Passage in 1906. He sent a is of national interest that the ship be secured telegram to Roald Amundsen containing a Explore Norway. as a maritime monument for future genera- poem of homage to Amundsen and the Gjøa. tions. This can best be done by erecting a In translation it goes something like this: protective building which will prevent the deterioration that will naturally occur when Welcome greetings to you and your men a ship is exposed to alternating weather con- Fine and strong man ditions, freshwater, frost and sun throughout Because in old Norway the year.” there are few others like you. The plans for a protective building for Your ship is called Gjøa, as was my wife. the Gjøa have now been approved by the Oslo The vessel Gjøa was christened town council and building work will com- for love and life. SAS Sale in August! mence in autumn 2011. The namesake is gone, but you have, In connection with the moving of Gjøa proud in victory, Tickets from $800 round-trip Shown that old Gjøa anyway from the point at Bygdøynes to the new Call us today to book your trip today! building, planning of a new and extensive has survived the struggle. restoration of the ship is also underway. Harald Finehair’s wife had the same name. Most of this will take place after the ship has We take off our hat for his and her deeds. been placed in its new and permanent home So will your name live 7906 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209 beside the Fram. After restoration the public because of your fine, tough deed. Tel: (718) 748-7400 • Fax: (718) 238-3604 will, for the first time, have the open oppor- Mother Norway will bless you Email: [email protected] tunity to go onboard the Gjøa. in the sagas’ wise account. 10 • July 8, 2011 norwegian american weekly norwegian explorers

Roald Amundsen South Pole Expedition Centennial From the journal of 1911 – 2011 Blazing the trail A look at Norway’s impressive community of explorers

Ch r i s t y Ol s e n Fi e l d Managing Editor

This year focuses on the significant achievements of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen: It is 150 years since the birth of Fridtjof Nansen and 100 years since Roald Amundsen, accompanied by four of his men, arrived as the first at the South Pole. These Brought to you by the Fram Museum in Oslo two men are part of Norway’s impressive community of explorers, beginning with the 8 juli – lørdag July 8 – Saturday Vikings up until today. Kuling fra E me tætt fok. Jikk runtt Gale from E with thick snowdrift. This list is far from complete, but it Photo: LivArnesen.com leiren en times tid, min sedvanlie måren- Walked round the camp for an hour, my highlights a few of the Norwegian explorers, spasertur. Jei hadde bjørneskjinnsbokse regular morning walk. I had on bearskin In 1994, Liv Arnesen was the first woman to ski from the 19th century to today, who have left solo and unsupported to the South Pole. på fårr att fårrsøke denne i foken. Den trousers to try them out in drifting snow. their own mark in the history books. besto prøven bra. Håltt sneen mer ute They stood up to the test. Kept the snow enn ren & hunn. Har bestemt mei fårr å out more than reindeer & dog skin. Have Liv Arnesen (born June 1, 1953) was recruited by Fridtjof Nansen for Nans- gå i bjørneskjinnsbokser & ulveskjinn- decided to go in bearskin trousers and Liv Arnesen is one of Norway’s most en’s Trans-Greenland Expedition in 1888. sanorakk. I posen benytter jei tykke ren- wolfskin anorak. In the bag I will have well-known Norwegian explorers. Arnesen Balto participated in the first recorded cross- skjinnsklær, såmm viss fårhållene kræver thick reindeer clothing, which if condi- led the first unsupported women’s crossing ing of the interior of Greenland, together with de kann anvennes ute. Har tænkt att beny- tions demand, can be used outside. Have of the Greenland Ice Cap in 1992. In 1994, Nansen and four other expedition members tte renskjinnsunnerbokser. Når så kåmmer thought of using reindeer underpants. she made international headlines becoming of the Jason. In 1898, Balto emigrated to the vinntrækk till dette ær jei vell utstyrt. Gått When windproofs are added to this I am the first woman in the world to ski solo and United States, and eventually became a gold me hunn & renskjinnsstrømper tar vi me. well equipped. Used dog and reindeer unsupported to the South pole – a 50-day miner at Nome, Alaska during the Klondike Vårtt daglie liv glir lett & behageli henn. stockings. Our daily life continues com- expedition of 745 miles, and wrote a book Gold Rush. Samuel Balto stakes three claims Kl 6 måren tørner Lindstrøm ut å nører på fortably. At 6am, Lindstrøm tumbles out about her experience titled “Snille piker går at a site called Balto Creek. In 1900, he was komfuren eller “byssa.” Kl 7 kåmmer så and lights the stove in the “galley.” I get up ikke til Sydpolen” (Good Girls Don’t Go to hired with 113 other people from Finnmark jei. Har altid likt att være oppe i og tid å få at 7. Have always liked to get up early in the South Pole). In 2001, Arnesen partnered by Sheldon Jackson to be involved in the in- jortt mårentoilette. Synes ikke de ær mor- order to do my morning ablutions. I don’t with American polar explorer Ann Ban- troduction of reindeer in Alaska. The famous somt å være gris, når jei kann unngå. An- like to be a “pig” if I can avoid it. It’s dif- croft to become the first women in history dog Balto – a Siberian husky who led his derledes, når omstændiheterne ikke tillater ferent if circumstances don’t allow it. Then to sail and ski across Antarctica’s landmass team on a 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, de. Da kan jei gått færdes i lortt & skjitt. 4 I don’t mind wallowing in dirt. Four of us — completing a 94-day, 1,717-mile trek. Ar- for the diphtheria outbreak – was named af- a åss jør jevnt mårentoilette. De 5 andre, nu have our regular morning washes. The five nesen spends many of her summer holidays ter Samuel Balto. ja, jei skall ikke være indiskret. 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The Baffin Babes In the spring of 2009, a team of four women, Vera Simonsson (Sweden), Emma Simonsson (Sweden), Ingebjørg Tollefsen (Norway), Kristin Folsland Olsen (Norway). At the Troll’s Cove, we have trolls Their 80-day Arctic trek took them 1,200 of all kinds and sizes. Check out our kilometers across Baffin Island in Nunavut, inventory online and in our shop! Canada, starting at Qikiqtarjuaq and fin- ishing at Pond Inlet. On their trip, the Baf- Visit us online at fin Babes met local Inuits, polar bears and ...a delicious musical experience! www.thetrollscove.com temperatures below -40°C. The team talked www.theswedishmeatballs.com or our shop in Waupauca, WI CONTINUES PAGE 23 THE MOST THRILLING ADVENTURE IN POLAR Visit the HISTORY! Fram Museum

“The most striking of Oslo’s nautical temples is a pointy glass-and-metal structure that rises from the waterlinewaterline in the shape of an enormous letter A. Inside, basking in the  ltered light, sleeps a sturdy wooden schooner, built in 1892, called the FFram.ram.

“Fram (which means “forward”) is perhaps the most famous ship in Norway’s long seafaring history, and an icon of polar exploration.n Nothing about this fat-bellied ark would begin to suggest the grueling odysseys it has endured. The story of the Fram is a modern Norse saga, a story of unimaginable hardship and intelligent striving that is closely tied to Norwegian national identity. The boat itself is an engineering marvel—its reinforced hull having withstood three years gripped by Arctic ice. True to its assertive, full-frontal name, Fram bored farther into the frozen latitudes than any vessel had before.”

Hampton Sides, National Geographic Magazine, January 2009

The Fram museum is amongst the world’s foremost polar museums and one of Oslo’s most visited attractions. The stories of the long expeditions with the Fram in the Arctic and Antarctic continue to take the breath away from old and young alike, even though it will soon be 100 years since the schooner went into retirement!

You can see original objects and exhibitions of, amongst other things, Fridtjof Nansen’s expeditions and humanitarian work, Roald Amundsen’s expeditions, his race towards the South Pole and his conquering of the Northwest Passage.

The Fram Museum is in the process of complete modernisation, including a new building to house the Gjøa, the  rst ship to sail through the Northwest Passage. This will open in 2012, but in the meantime, the Museum is still an experience that takes you to the heart of the dramatic days of discovery around the turn of the last century. www.frammuseum.no 12 • July 8, 2011 norwegian american weekly norwegian explorers Sharing the story of the Fram Fram Museum celebrates its 75th anniversary

Fr a m Mu s e um www.frammuseum.no

Norway is an Arctic nation. More than 40 percent of its territory lies north of the Arc- tic Circle. Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya and many small islands are Norwegian terri- tory. Norway claims approximately 2 million square kilometers of the Antarctic continent in the south. It is therefore natural that Nor- way has participated on many important ex- peditions to both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The Fram Museum contains exhibitions of the most famous voyages of global historical significance. The centerpiece of the museum is of course the world’s strongest wooden ship, the polar ship Fram. The public can board and take a look around in its cabins, lounges, cargo hold and engine room.

The Fram returned home from Buenos Photo: The Fram Museum Aires in 1914 and was moored at Horten, ex- posed to wind and weather. After World War er crew members and volunteers, she would hold an architecture competition to design building in the capital and one of the city’s I, a number of committees worked on pre- never have been saved. In 1929 the Fram was a building for the honored vessel. Sixty en- greatest attractions. serving the Fram, but without results. towed to Sandefjord to be repaired. tries were submitted and the winner was an In 2012 the Gjøa will also be housed. Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup was In 1930 the Fram was finally restored to architect called Bjarne Tøien with his entry The Fram Museum will thereby have the one of those who fought to save the Fram the condition it was in during Otto Sverdrup´s “Saga.” The Fram was pulled into its new possibility of developing a more complete from rot and souvenir hunters. Sverdrup was expedition to the islands to the northwest of home by an electric motor. The ship moved Norwegian polar museum and, not least, will elected chairman of the Fram Committee in Greenland. Otto Sverdrup died in the same one centimeter per minute. secure the Gjøa’s future as an historical ob- 1925, and he struggled on untiringly together year the Fram participated in a large exhibi- On May 20, 1936, the museum was in- ject. with the committee’s members and several tion in Trondheim. It took a long time before augurated by King Haakon VII and Crown To learn more about the Fram Museum, other key people. Without private sponsors she finally got a permanent home. In 1934 Prince Olav. A national monument was now visit www.frammuseum.no. and the dedicated efforts of the Fram’s earli- the Oslo Association of Architects offered to in place. Today the Fram house is a symbolic norwegian american weekly July 8, 2011 • 13 norwegian explorers Partnerships in exploration A look at Norwegian-American cooperation in polar expeditions

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The 4th International Polar Year that has experience from Norway of ice and snow recently been successfully completed was a and not least his prowess at skiing. During wonderful example of international coop- this expedition Peary and Astrup managed eration on research in the polar areas. Both the great achievement of crossing the north- Norwegian and American scientists were ern part of Greenland and establishing the well represented in all disciplines and on a extent of the land area in the north and north- large number of common projects. Many east. Astrup introduced here the technique of of the common projects were continuations using skis, rather than snowshoes, with dog- of mutual cooperation through many years, sleds, a technique that came to revolutionize Photos courtesy of the Fram Museum Left: Roald Amundsen collaborated with Lincoln Ellsworth on Arctic flights in 1925. Right: Roald and several of these projects will be contin- polar exploration; neither Peary not the Inuit Amundsen with Frederick Cook on the Belgian polar exploration ship Belgica. Cook was the doctor on- ued into the future with bilateral or interna- had used skis in this way before. board the ship, and Amundsen served as first mate to gain first-hand experience in polar exploration. tional cooperation. Some earlier Norwegian- In 1893 – 94 Astrup again went to American cooperation projects on polar ex- Greenland with Peary, but their cooperation peditions have firmly established themselves was not too good this time and Astrup did high on the list of historical events in the not join Peary on a new trip into the inte- Arctic and Antarctic. rior. Instead he travelled by dogsled with the EXPLORE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY Inuit Kolotengva on a 1,300 km trip to map Our Eivind Astrup and the north side of Melville Bay. This was the Robert E. Peary in main result of the expedition. WITH US! Greenland Eivind Astrup died suddenly and far too Eivind Astrup early in 1895, while Robert E. Peary went on Our dedicated staff has been helping Norwegian Americans for over 35 (1871 – 1895) was a to claim the North Pole on April 6, 1909. years. We can help you identify the most accurate farm names and lo- young Norwegian of cations that will enhance your family discoveries. Visit us in Madison only 19 years of age Roald Amundsen and Frederick Cook in and use our valuable research materials, or send your enquiry to one when he was accepted the Antarctic of our researchers for their help in finding your Norwegian roots. A re- Photo: Wikimedia by Robert E. Peary It is not always remembered by those search request form may be found on our website. You may also find in- Eivind Astrup (1856 – 1920) to join who know of Roald Amundsen’s achieve- formation about our extensive resources, classes, research tours, Peary’s first major ex- ments in the Northwest Passage (1903 – 06) membership, and the new Online Database Subscription Service on pedition to northwest Greenland. Peary was and at the South Pole (1910 – 12) that his our website at nagcnl.org. a dedicated Arctic explorer whose main goal first polar expedition went to the Antarctic as was eventually to become the first person early as 1897 – 99. Eager to gain experience to reach the North Pole, which he claimed for his future polar career, Amundsen (1872 Writing Your Family History to have done in April 1909. This claim was – 1928) signed on as first mate on the Bel- August 3 - 4, 2011 disputed by others both then and now. Peary gian Antarctic Expedition with the Belgica, Jerry Paulson, Instructor had already led a three-month expedition to under the leadership of Adrien de Gerlache. Disko Bay, west Greenland in 1886, but this This was the first international scientific ex- NAGC Members: $120 - Non-members: $140 new expedition was to include a wintering pedition to winter in the Antarctic and the 1891 – 92. Astrup was chosen as one of the 19 men on board spoke five different lan- This class is offered to those who would like to write their family history in a way that is clear, enjoyable, and permanent. Director of Research, five men with Peary mainly because of his CONTINUES PAGE 17 Jerry Paulson has extensive experience as a genealogical researcher and instructor. Classes are held in the Ostby Education Center on the second floor at the Naeseth Library. For further information, call or email Jerry at gpaulson@n agcnl.org. ______Norwegian American GENEALOGICAL CENTER &NAESETH LIBRARY 415 West Main Street · Madison, WI 53703 Phone: 608-255-2224 • Fax: 608-255-6842 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nagcnl.org www.nordichomeinteriors.com Library Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Minneapolis, MN Phone: (612) 339-0000 14 • July 8, 2011 norwegian american weekly norwegian explorers Collecting the explorers Are you a polar enthusiast? Here are some tips for focusing your collection Seattle Dutch Harbor

Er i c a Ol s e n Pacific Fishermen Delores, Colo. Professional Ship and Yacht Repair Since 1946 Two Marine Railways to 160 ft. x 600 tons When Roald Amundsen outfitted his Rowe Lift Dock to 160 ft. x 600 tons ship, the Fram, for the 1910 – 1912 South Pole expedition, he packed much more than We have Nordic Spirit – In more ways than one! food, cold weather gear, and the famous sled dogs and sledges. The Fram also carried an extensive shipboard library. In his 1912 book about the expedition, Sydpolen [The South Pole], Amundsen es- timated that they carried 3,000 volumes Image courtesy of Chet Ross Rare Books onboard: “a whole library of Antarctic lit- Frontispiece illustration by Fridtjof Nansen to erature, containing everything that has been his book In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times. London, 1911 (first English edi- written by the long succession of explor- tion). ers in these regions, from James Cook and James Clark Ross to Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. And, indeed, good use Or, focus on a genre: history, natural was made of this library.” history, or biography. And if you’re On journeys such as Amundsen’s, books up for a challenge, what about re- not only helped to pass the time, they also creating an explorer’s shipboard provided potentially life-saving information library? about the dangerous territory ahead. • Consider other materials: maga- For a collector, books about the polar zines, such as National Geographic, Stop by for a visit or a row with the Nordic Heritage Museum’s areas – polarlitteratur, in Norwegian – let with contemporary accounts of ex- 200-year-old ten-oar F/V NORDIC SPIRIT you be an armchair explorer, and the only peditions; maps; and don’t forget danger you face may be to your wallet. What the small but vivid images on print- you collect will depend on your interests and ed items such as postage stamps your budget. In 2006, a book of navigation and the sardine can labels that were tables owned by Amundsen and inscribed in produced in great numbers in the Norwegian, “This book was with me at the early 1900s. South Pole” sold at auction at Christie’s for • Is a first edition from the early 1900s $6,790. Prices for first editions of books by beyond your budget? Think about explorer-authors such as Amundsen or Fridt- collecting books by contemporary jof Nansen (who illustrated some of his own Norwegian explorers. There are work) vary greatly, from a few hundred to intrepid outdoorsmen and -women several thousand dollars, depending on fac- writing and publishing about their tors such as condition and the relative avail- expeditions today. ability in the country of publication. In Nor- • Do your research. To get an idea way, collectors like “the cold stuff,” accord- of what books are out there, search ing to a bookseller at Cappelens Antikvariat the holdings at www.nb.no, the in Oslo. If you’re looking for Norwegian National Library of Norway. Or, editions, you’ll probably find better selection go to worldcat.org for one-step ac- Seattle Dutch Harbor and prices through Norwegian dealers. cess to online catalogs of libraries 5351 24th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 1558 East Point Road, Unalaska, AK 99692 across the United States and around 206-783-6800 907-581-1498 Here are 10 tips to get you started: the world. You may also want to [email protected] www.pfielectric.com • Focus your collection: the works consult a bibliography such as the of a single author; a single title, in Arctic Bibliography of 1953, an an- Our summer break is here! different editions or translations; or notated list of some 20,000 classic works about a particular expedition titles. Our office will be closed July 8 – August 5 for summer vacation. or region (North or South Pole?). • Find secondhand and out-of-print No issues will be published July 15, 22, 29 or August 5. books at www.abebooks.com. Some Regular printing will resume August 12. Norwegian booksellers participate Ha en riktig god sommer! in AbeBooks, but not as many as you will find on Antikvariat.net (see below). To restrict your search to booksellers from a certain coun- try, choose Advanced Search. • Find a wide selection of Norwegian secondhand and out-of-print books at Antikvariat.net. Through this website, you can search the databas- es of Scandinavian members of the Now selling “Max Manus: Man of War” International League of Antiquar- ian Booksellers – about 100 book- Get your copy of the award-winning World War II biopic sellers altogether. You can set your on DVD and BluRay. Call for details and availability. search screen to appear in English or Norwegian (or the other Scandi- www.scanspecialties.com navian languages). To see prices in 6719 NW 15th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98117 dollars, set the price to USD. Phone: (206) 784-7020 — Toll free: (877) 784-7020 • Don’t forget your ABCs. More pre- Mastercard and Visa accepted. Hundreds of items available for nation-wide shipping! Image courtesy of the Norwegian Canning Museum cisely, your æ, ø, and å – the three Sardine can label. CONTINUES PAGE 16 norwegian american weekly July 8, 2011 • 15 Norwegian explorers On open waters The Norwegian-American voyage of the FOX made the impossible a reality

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This year marks the 115th anniversary of from Harlem to South Street. But by 1893, the voyage of the FOX, the first transatlantic the country was in a deep recession, similar crossing by oar, in an open 18-foot rowboat to our current condition and by 1896, the he- named FOX. The nearly impossible feat was roes of our story were looking for some in- accomplished by two young Norwegian- creased income and found their way down to American seamen who left New York June 6, the Jersey Shore where they worked a surf- 1896, and arrived in Le Havre, France on boat, out to the clam flats to fish daily. Aug. 7, 1896. Clamming was hard, monotonous work Around the time that Nansen was lauded with little opportunity for wealth. Harbo Photos courtesy of Bill Fox for his polar achievement, two other Norwe- found out about a $10,000 prize for rowing “The Voyage of the Fox,” sculpture depicted here is the work of the articles author, Bill Osmundsen. gians by birth – George Harbo and Frank across the Atlantic. Every day as they fished, The prototype was created as a model for a bronze monument to be placed in New York and Norway. Samuelsen – rowed more than 3,000 miles Harbo spoke to Samuelsen about attempting Further information about this project can be obtained by visiting the artist’s web site:-http://Bronz- across the Atlantic Ocean in an 18-foot surf- a transoceanic crossing and how he figured eSea.org/FoxSculpture.aspx, or by contacting Project Coordinator, Victor Samuelsen at fantslake@ boat called FOX. They didn’t discover any- it could be done. They would need a little aol.com or (203) 561-0005. thing, but they did prove that through endur- financial backing to build a special rowboat ance and careful planning, two men in an called a surfboat, so named because you picked them up with a tow from his steam “Friday July 10: It has been blowing a open boat could actually achieve what was in could launch it in the heavy surf, but modi- yacht Richard K. Fox to Bay Ridge. Then gale all night. Wind west. 8 a.m. Wind 1896 believed impossible. If we look at their fied with some water tight cubbies and hand- Harbo and Samuelsen cast off from their tow increasing. Going before it at a slow modest effort, compared to the mounting of holds on the keel in case they capsized and to begin the journey across the Atlantic. rate. 12 noon. Day’s work 100 miles. It the great expeditions of the Fram – Nansen, had to right the boat at sea. The Fox’s crew averaged about 50 miles has been blowing a gale for 2 days, and north and Amundsen south, they also exhib- One day they traveled up to New York a day, rowing 18 hours a day and made up to the sea is bigger than we have ever seen ited great courage and fortitude and should City to the offices of the Police Gazette to 135 miles during a following sea. Harbo, the it on this trip. At about 8 p.m. a big sea join the ranks of explorers who have pushed present to Richard K. Fox, owner and pub- navigator, took the North Atlantic shipping struck us partly side-ways and upsetting the human limits. Harbo and Samuelsen were lisher of the famous sporting and sensational route staying somewhat below the ship-ping the boat and us into the water. In a few the first to successfully cross the Atlantic in tabloid newspaper with their idea. lanes and only popped back up to get assis- minutes however we got into the boat an open rowboat. “Well, outside of the fact you have a gi- tance with the food supplies which they had again. We lost many things this time: Once at sea on the vast Atlantic, Harbo ant as a rowing partner (referring to the six- lost overboard when the FOX capsized mid- Floating anchor and cable, dishes and and Samuelsen would be mistaken by other foot-tall Samuelsen) what makes you think Atlantic. Those handholds, on the keel, came frying pan and cook pot and one rat- ships for men adrift in their small rowboat, you can accomplish this?” Fox said. in handy when a 40-foot wave hit then side- tan seat. Everything we have in the boat or dory men off a Nova Scotia fishing schoo- Harbo’s plan however was convincing ways. The most dramatic account of them soaked with water except the bread. This ner. In response, they would wave off the and Richard Fox agreed, stating, “I think the being capsized comes from the original log is the 3rd night up without sleep.” attempting rescuers, explaining they had story should be worth a little ink.” written by Harbo: taken up the days challenge for a transoce- The voyage of the Fox would not be an CONTINUES PAGE 19 anic crossing by oar. The Fox didn’t carry idyll or careless attempt to grab a bit of fame any sail or powered propulsion of any kind, by attempting this crossing. If not financed other than two sets of strong arms and three grandly, it was carefully planned, it had the sets of oars. important backing of the influential New George Harbo was from Sandefjord, Yorker, Richard Fox, an emigrant too, but of Norway, aged 32, and Frank Samuelsen, Irish origin. The boat was built by George from Farsund, Norway aged 26. Despite Seamen, at his Branchport, N.J., boat shop, their young ages, both men had plenty of located close by to their fishing grounds and experience at sea. George had been trained named in Fox’s honor. as a pilot and navigator and had been in the By early June, Harbo and Samuelsen Merchant Marine. Frank had spent six years were in New York with their newly built 18- in the Merchant Marine and was promoted foot surfboat performing exhibition rows on quickly up the chain of command to boson’s the Harlem River. They wore their fine white mate. After leaving Norway and years at sea, shirts, vests and bowler hats and were pho- the men met in New York, George settling in tographed to document their audacious plan Brooklyn and Frank in New Jersey. to row across the Atlantic. 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(…continued from page 14) ing website that lets you tap into the catalogs of libraries around the letters found in Norwegian but not world. It’s a bit like Facebook for in English. In some databases, you book lovers. It’s also available in can put in o for ø (for example) and Norwegian at no.librarything.com. get good results; however, you’ll Registration is free for cataloging need the correct spelling to search your first 200 books. Norwegian library databases and • Last but not least, take good care of to use dictionaries, glossaries, and your books. Store them on shelves lists, such as bibliographies, that away from direct sunlight, keep are in alphabetical order. In Norwe- them dust-free, and provide ad- gian, these letters appear at the end equate support, so that small books of the alphabet. and pamphlets don’t get lost be- • Familiarize yourself with Norwe- tween large items. gian-language book terminology so you can understand book dealers’ Erica Olsen is a freelance writer and catalog descriptions. Jerrold Orne’s archivist based in southwest Colorado. She The Language of the Foreign Book has combined her interests in rare books, ar- Photo courtsey of the National Library in Norway Trade includes a long list of Dano- chives and travel in articles for Bike, Fine Fridtjof Nansen smoking a pipe in front of the Fram polar ship. Books & Collections and other magazines. Norwegian terms. pioneering spirit... • Catalog your collection at www. She has not been to Antarctica – yet! (…continued from page 8) and second, that both Frederick A. Cook and librarything.com, a social network- Robert E. Peary already claimed to have (“Here there is only enjoyment of life and reached the North Pole (in 1908 and 1909, from oil and gas... respectively). “Renewable energy is an important pri- work,” he wrote, while the mercury plum- (…continued from page 1) Amundsen launched his own South Pole NorAmWklyJun7_2011.pdf 6/7/11 4:04:28 PM ority for us. We are now in a process where meted to -13.6°C) suggest why he succeeded expedition in August 1910, keeping the des- we want to sharpen our focus where we be- where others failed. Statoil, through its subsidiary, signed an tination secret from his own crew and from lieve we can contribute most. Offshore wind This famous explorer seemed almost agreement for the sale of Statoil’s 50 percent the Norwegian government until the voyage is an area experiencing strong market growth destined to be the first man to reach the stake in Sarepta Energi as to Trønder Energi south – in Nansen’s ship, the Fram – was – and one in which Statoil can utilize its ex- South Pole; even as a youth, he slept with Kraft AS. Another agreement was signed for well underway. Much has been written about pertise as the world’s largest offshore opera- the windows open to the frosty Nordic win- the sale of wind power projects in Finnmark, this epic journey, planned by Amundsen with tor. It means that we are now working to find ter in order to harden himself for his future comprising Arctic Wind AS and the Ham- meticulous care (and research into Shackle- new owners for the group’s interests in wind adventures. His early fascination with the nefjell, Båtsfjordfjellet and Snefjord proj- ton’s failed attempt). His success was due in farms on land,” says Ståle Tungesvik, senior Arctic and Antarctica first led him to the ects, to Finnmark Kraft AS. large part to his attention to detail, not only in vice president of Renewable Energy. former region, when in 1903 (at the age of 31) he set off in the ship Gjøa to become the selecting his crew, but also in outfitting them first to traverse the famous Northwest Pas- with fuel and provisions and – most critically sage between the north Canadian mainland – the Greenland sled dogs that were a major and a series of Canadian arctic islands. The factor in his success. He and four of his men ice-bound journey took three years, while reached the South Pole in the afternoon of Amundsen and his crew waited for the fro- Dec. 14, 1911, and were back at their base zen waterways to thaw enough for them to camp on Jan. 25, 1912. proceed. The North Pole continued to tempt This trip was not only an adventure; Amundsen, and he flew over the North it also was a scientific expedition. Amund- Pole in a dirigible (the Norge) and crossed sen measured the earth’s magnetic field, and the Arctic Ocean in 1926. It was there, too, made observations near the magnetic North that he met his death two years later; while Pole to determine its precise location. He flying on a rescue mission, Amundsen was and his party also extensively studied the killed when his plane crashed into the Arc- lives of the indigenous Inuit people. Later, tic Ocean. Earlier that year, he had told one in his trek to the South Pole, Amundsen also interviewer of his fascination for the Arctic, pushed forward the scientific frontier, taking saying: “If only you knew how splendid it is meteorological and oceanographic data. up there, that’s where I want to die.” Initially, Amundsen planned to become Nansen, who would outlive his younger the first to reach the North Pole, a logical fellow explorer by two years, hailed Amund- goal given his familiarity with the far North sen with the following lines: “He found an unknown grave under the clear sky of the icy C from the Northwest Passage voyage. But two factors changed his mind: first, the news that world, with the whirring of the wings of eter- M the English explorer Ernest Shackleton had nity through space.” Y attempted and failed to reach the South Pole,

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CMY shovel-like front teeth, square molars, and able in a free, open-access journal. To date, digits with nails rather than claws. “Ida creat- there have been more than 90,000 downloads K ed a lot of discussion,” Hurum acknowledg- of the scientific paper his research group es. “How closely she is related to us contin- wrote about Ida. ues to be debated. But she definitely moved One recent outreach effort brought our understanding of primates further back him on stage before a general audience in- in time. We are, of course, related to early terested in his Arctic island project. “There primates too, not only the much ‘younger’ was a four-year-old in the front row and he hominids found in Africa. Ida was the one couldn’t stop asking questions, really good specimen that could take us back in time this questions” Hurum remembers. “This little way because her shape is so well preserved boy was so excited to know there was some- and iconic; she’s clearly a small monkey.” body else who understood the things he was Ida is also iconic of the way Hurum uses wondering about. He made my whole day! his work as outreach, bringing paleontology As a child, I felt very alone with my inter- to scientists around the world as well as a est in fossils. Finally at age 13, I discovered larger, general audience. “The government there was a museum in Norway that actually of Norway pays me to do my work, so I feel employed people to study paleontology. I obligated to tell taxpayers what I’m accom- started corresponding with those scientists plishing. I appear on radio and TV, give lec- and it was such a relief, such an inspiration. tures, and last year we broadcasted a live feed I hope I can give some of that spirit back to with cameras showing our fieldwork online, the next generation.” norwegian american weekly July 8, 2011 • 17 norwegian explorers partnerships... (…continued from page 13) Amundsen’s diary from the Belgica expedi- at 87°43' N. It took 3.5 weeks of hard work tion has been published in both Norwegian to make a starting strip on the ice before they guages. The scientists included two Poles, a and English by the Fram Museum in Oslo. managed to fly back to Svalbard in the one Belgian and a Romanian. American Freder- The friendship between Amundsen and plane on June 15. This amazing return from ick Cook (1865 – 1940) was the doctor on Cook lasted even through the accusations of the icy wastes was greeted with huge cele- board and the officers – apart from Amund- fraud that Cook was subjected to after his brations in Norway and elsewhere. sen – were Belgian while the crew was a claim to have been at the North Pole in April The following year Ellsworth gave mixture of Belgians and Norwegians. 1908, as well as his imprisonment for appar- $100,000 for the next expedition he and The wintering, locked in the ice of the ent fraud with oil claims in 1923. Amundsen were planning – with the airship Bellingshausen Sea west of the Antarctic Norge over the Arctic Ocean and the North Peninsula, was not planned and the men Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth Pole. This time Ellsworth was the expedi- were unprepared for the cold and darkness. on Arctic flights tion navigator and Italian airship constructor Only two of the men saw it as an interest- Roald Amundsen was perhaps the Umberto Nobile was the pilot. The expedi- ing opportunity to experience the unknown world’s most-experienced polar traveler when tion was named “The Amundsen-Ellsworth- conditions of an Antarctic winter. Amund- he met the next American he was to share a Nobile Transpolar Flight.” The Norge left sen looked upon it as an opportunity sent by polar journey with. Lincoln Ellsworth (1880 Ny-Ålesund at 9:55 a.m. on May 11 and was fate for him to learn about survival and work – 1951) had trained for many years for po- over the North Pole at 1:25 a.m. on the 12th, deep in the polar regions, while Cook was lar expedition work when he met Amundsen which was Ellsworth’s birthday. They landed the only person on board with any previous in New York in 1924. Amundsen was in the 72 hours after starting at Teller, Alaska. In comparable experience. He had already been U.S. to hold lectures about his expeditions, 1927 the Boy Scouts of America made Ells- with Robert E. Peary to northwest Greenland which he hoped would earn him money to worth an Honorary Scout, a new distinction on the same year-long expedition (1891 – pay his debts from his last expedition (with that was to be given to “American citizens 92) as Eivind Astrup. He therefore had his the Maud) and for a new airborne expedi- whose achievements in outdoor activity, ex- own experience of winter in the high Arctic tion northwards. He was quite depressed and ploration and worthwhile adventure are of to draw on as well as the survival techniques resigned about the situation when the unex- such an exceptional character as to capture he had learned there from the Inuit. pected meeting with Ellsworth turned it all the imagination of boys...” In January 1931 Amundsen and Cook naturally became around. Ellsworth explained that he would he was awarded the Congressional Gold good friends during the wintering, and as like to join Amundsen’s planned flight from Medal by U.S. President Herbert Hoover the health and spirits of the rest of the par- Spitsbergen to the North Pole and for this he for the two arctic expeditions with Roald ticipants sank to a dangerous level, Dr. Cook was able to contribute a total of $95,000 of Amundsen. was able to prescribe the best medicine, the necessary $130,000. Susan Barr has worked in Norway with which was fresh meat to counteract the ef- Two German Dornier Wahl flying boats polar history and the management of cultur- fect of Vitamin C deficiency, which leads to were purchased from the factory in Italy and al heritage in the Arctic and Antarctic since scurvy and ultimately death. Amundsen was sent by ship to Ny-Ålesund on Spitsbergen. 1979. She is now Senior Advisor on polar delighted to have the job of skiing out over On the flying boat N24 Ellsworth was the matters at the Norwegian Directorate for the frozen sea to hunt penguins and seals navigator, Leif Dietrichson the pilot and Os- Cultural Heritage, but has taken 11 months and to use the opportunities of testing vari- kar Omdal the mechanic. On N25 Amundsen leave this year to help with polar history pre- ous types of equipment such as skis, tents, was the navigator, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen sentation at the Fram Museum in Oslo. She sleeping bags and clothing. Belgian scientist the pilot and Karl Feucht from Germany the is the author of books and articles on polar Emile Danco died of a heart condition during mechanic. They took off at 5:10 p.m. from history and cultural heritage, and is presi- the winter, but no one died of scurvy. Roald Ny-Ålesund on May 21, 1925 and after 8.5 dent of the ICOMOS International Polar hours in the air they landed on the drift ice Heritage Committee.

He won the race to the South Pole. Now he’s coming to your neck of the woods. cold recall reflections of a polar explorer

This year we celebrate the centen- nial of Roald Amundsen’s success- If your institution would be ful expedition to the South Pole. In interested in hosting this collaboration with the Royal Nor- touring exhibition, or to find wegian Embassy, the Fram Museum out when the exhibition will in Oslo presents the exhibition be on display near you, “Cold Recall,” touring the United States in 2011 and beyond. contact [email protected] The exhibition features unique im- ages from Amundsen’s own lantern slides documenting his expeditions through the Northwest Passage and to the South Pole. Norwegian- American and Nordic institutions Photo of Roald Amundsen courtesy Fram Museum, Oslo are lining up to display this exhibit. 18 • July 8, 2011 norwegian american weekly Norwegian explorers

A monthly feature to share Brought to you by with kids and grandkids BarnebladBarneblad Heidi Håvan Grosch By Land, Sea or Inside Your Head Three different ways to be an explorer

Explorers love adventure. They are curious about the unknown. They are not afraid to try new things. Are you an explorer? Some Norwegians have explored places most people have never been, like the North and South Poles. Others have explored ideas and created new things like the cheese slicer. Some have wanted to learn more about the past, so try to do things in old-fashioned ways.

snow explorer water explorer idea explorer In 1903, Roald En- In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl Thor Bjørklund wanted gelbregt Gravning Amund- wanted to find out if the thin slices of cheese. He sen was the first to take a boat he’d seen in historic got his idea from a carpen- boat (he used his 70-foot pictures, made from logs ter’s plane (used to shave off fishing boat) through the and other native materials, pieces of wood) and patent- Northwest Passage in Can- could make it across the ed his cheese slicer in 1945. ada. The Fram Museum in ocean. It took 101 days for The factory he started in Oslo (www.frammuseum.no) Thor and five of his friends 1947 (Thor Bjørklund & Sons houses this ship. One hun- to sail this homemade raft AS) has made more than dred years ago (1911), he became the first person to 4,300 mile sacross the Pacific Ocean. The docu- 50 million cheese slicers since then! ever reach the South Pole. mentary film about this journey, “Kon-Tiki,” won an Academy Award in 1951. The original Kon-Tiki boat Something to do: Something to do: Explorers often keep a is on display at the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo (www. Can you think of a better log (diary) about their journey (today explorers often kon-tiki.no). way to do something? use the internet to keep people updated from day to Brainstorm ideas and see day). This summer, keep a journal of all the things Something to do: Make a boat from differ- if you can come up with a you do outside. Make pictures of the animals and ent things you use in everyday life. Try milk cartons, better solution. plants you see. Glue things you find to the pages. plastic shoes or empty shampoo bottles. Which ma- terial floats better? Happy Exploring!

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They never The Scandinavian Hour Because they capsized, losing necessary stood up at sea – Harbo tried it but they al- Celebrating over 40 years on the air food supplies, they hailed two sailing barks: most capsized. They were also badly in need The Cito, out of Larvik, on July 15 and Eu- of funds, clothes and modest provisions. KKNW – 1150 AM gen, out of Christiania (Oslo), on July 24. Richard Fox met them in Paris and Onboard each sailing ship, they were served awarded them two gold medals, which are Saturdays 9 – 10 a.m. PST dinner and received provisions to supple- reportedly in a vault in Norway. It’s never ment the ones they had lost overboard. been clear whether the $10,000 was a prize Streaming live on the internet at: During both onboard visits, they only offered by the Police Gazette or someone www.1150kknw.com stayed for a few hours, returning to the FOX else but there is no confirmation that they to pick up on the ceaseless rowing. The mas- ever received the money, an amount today ters of the ships reported these meetings and equivalent to more than a quarter of a mil- that the Fox was underway without power, lion dollars.Their incredible feat was some- Attention all readers! sail or a rudder. what dismissed by their fellow countrymen. The Norwegian American Weekly office will be closed By Aug. 1, they had made landfall at Nansen’s exploration of the North Pole was July 8 – August 5 for summer vacation. the Sicily Islands, the western most part of still on everyone’s lips. No issues will be published July 15, 22, 29 or August 5. the British Isles. Their 55-day record cross- They returned on the Steamship Island, Regular printing will resume August 12. ing was never broken for 114 years, until which left from Copenhagen, Denmark, and this past year, when four British men in a arrived in Hoboken, N.J. Their arrival was Ha en riktig god sommer! 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Phone: (800) 854-6435 — Email: [email protected] Frank Samuelsen returned to Farsund and the family farm where he died in 1946. Featuring great Nordic products After the voyage, George Harbo continued his work as a New York Harbor Pilot, catch- Books • Candy and Chocolates • Canned goods • Condiments ing pneumonia in 1908. He died at age 44, Cooking wares • Dry Goods • Gift items • Specialty meats leaving his wife and a large family. and more! The Voyage of the Fox continues to in- spire people from all over the world. As a Visit us online: www.nordichouse.com result of their rowing attempt hopeful mari- ners launch rowing craft yearly. A book titled “Daring the Sea” was written by David W. The 24th Annual Shaw about the crossing. Folk singer Jer- Photo courtesy of Bill Fox ry Bryant wrote ‘The Ballad of Harbo and Wearing their foul weather gear, Frank Samuels- Samuelsen.” And the Long Branch Ice Boat en shows he is significantly taller than his rowing & Yacht Club built an replica of the FOX. Leiv Eriksson partner George Harbo. International Festival afghanistan… (…continued from page 3) injuries, such as post-traumatic stress disor- October 1 – 9, 2011 der (PTSD). Minneapolis, Minnesota the first comprehensive overview published “Our experience shows that such devel- about injuries in Afghanistan. opments change over time,” says Brigadier LEIF Opening Concert The deaths was especially high in 2009, Peter William Brattlie-Jensen, who heads the when four Norwegian soldiers were killed Armed Forces Medical Corps. with pianist Matti Hirvonen and vocalist Anna Hersey in an attack. The number of other injuries, “This is an important report. I am pleased October 1 at 7 p.m. – Admission: $20 such as sprains, cuts and hearing loss, has in- that we now have in place a system to de- creased steadily throughout the period. tect damage to the future,” said Minister of "I want to emphasize that the Norwe- Defense Grete Faremo, noting that a system Matti Hirvonen Anna Hersey gian Armed Forces has had a good overview should have been put into place long ago. Born in Lappland in northern Born in Minnesota, 2010- of the medical condition of the individual She also adds that there has been a dif- Sweden, Hirvonen studied pi- 2011 Fulbright Scholar Anna ano at the Sibelius Academy soldiers who have been injured, but we have Hersey will be studying with ficult situation for troops in Afghanistan. in Helsinki and the Royal Col- Hirvonen at the Stockholm lacked a comprehensive overview," says “I’m sorry that life has been lost,” she lege of Music in Stockholm, Royal College of Music. She Chief of Defense Harald Sunde. said. and also studied in London. He is a professor of holds a master’s degree in performance and mu- The report did not include psychological Accompaniment and Chamber Music at the Royal sicology from the University of Minnesota and College of Music in Stockholm, and a professor pursued advanced studies at the Accademia of Vocal Repertoire at the Royal College of Mu- Musicale Chigiana in Siene, Italy. Currently, she is nansen-amundsen… sic in London. He regularly gives master classes pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the (…continued from page 6) on Fridtjof Nansen and the First Fram Expe- in the art of Lieder for both singers and pianists. University of Miami where she is a Smathers Fel- dition at the Fram Museum on Oct. 14. Since 2006, Hirvonen has been the Artistic Direc- low. She has performed with a variety of musi- of his sketches to illustrate his research. The Opening of a new permanent focusing tor of the song recital series “SOPRANOS” in the cal entities in Miami and Minnesota, and enjoys museum displays some 50 works on paper on Amundsen’s expedition to the South Pole Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. He performing a wide range of vocal repertoire from performs classical, contemporary and Scandina- opera and oratorio to Lieder and contemporary lent from both public and private collec- at the Fram Museum. Opens Dec. 14. vian music at many music centers and festivals American art song. tions. Throughout the year: Hurtigruten cel- throughout the world. “North: Science at the End of the World” ebrates Norway’s most famous polar he- exhibition (open Sept. 16 – Oct. 10) with fo- roes and their achievements by organizing a For more information, contact Mindekirken cus on Fridtjof Nansen’s scientific work (in number of themed trips this year, including The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church cooperation with Fram Museum) at the Uni- the Ice Breakers in October, several trips to 924 E. 21st Street, Minneapolis, MN 55404-2952 versity of Oslo. Svalbard throughout the summer, and a trip Phone: (612) 874-0716 Guided tours of Polhøgda, Nansen’s to Antarctica in December to mark 100 years home for almost 30 years (now home to the since Amundsen reached the South Pole. www.mindekirken.org/LEIF/Leif.htm Fridtjof Nansen Institute) in Lysaker, just For more information about Nansen- The Leiv Eriksson International Festival is brought to you in part by these Nordic organizations: outside Oslo. Information at www.fni.no. Amundsen Year, visit www.nansenamund- American Swedish Institute - Danish American Center – Edvard Grieg Society – Finlandia Foundation Opening of a new permanent exhibition sen.no. Icelandic American Association of Minnesota – Mindekirken – Norway House – Sons of Norway 20 • July 8, 2011 Online: blog.norway.com/category/culture norwegian american weekly Arts & Style

Style Highlight of the Week Calendar of Events What’s going on in your neighborhood? Let’s go glamping! Not much of an adventurer? Try glamorous camping California upon request. Admission: $25 per day per Christmas in August class. For more information, contact Deb- August 14 orah Landvik-Larsen at (973) 784-4564 San Francisco, Calif. (day) or (973) 442-4642 (evening). Mark your calendars for Aug. 14, because Christmas is coming in August! Come North Dakota purchase Scandinavian arts and crafts and Seven Lag Stevne baked goods from 1 – 4 p.m at Grace Lu- July 14 – 17 theran Church, located at 33rd Avenue and Fargo, N.D. Ullola St. in San Francisco, Calif. Hosted The Seven-Lag Stevne will gather in Fargo, by the Daughters of Norway Anna Kolb- N.D., for July 14 – 17. The seven lags that jornsdatter Lodge #36. Contact Ellen Reid are meeting are: Hadeland, Land, Numedal, at [email protected]. Ringerike Drammen, Sigdal (celebrating its 100th anniversary), Telmark and Toten. Maine Everyone is welcome! Full details on Maine Nordmenn Hummerfest www.7lagstevne.com. July 30 Bailey Island, Maine Washington Sons of Norway Maine Nordmenn #3-664 Scandinavian Concert will hold their annual Hummerfest 11 a.m. July 13 – 5 p.m. on July 30 at the home of Charlie Seattle, Wash. and Sally Abrahamson on Bailey Island, Come and experience traditional Scandi- Maine. Come and enjoy lobster or steak, navian choral music and enjoy three Nor- Photo: Kristin Ellefsen/Aftenposten potato, tossed salad, corn on the cob, but- wegian choirs in one concert. Featuring Pernille Mortensdatter Mo (19), Mari Lunde (19), Isabell Klementsen (20), and Matilde Eidhammer ter, rolls, coffee, lemonade, dessert. $28 the Giske Mixed Choir from Norway, the (18) pay a little extra to stay in a hotel camp at the Hove Festival in Arendal. They appreciate the as- for adults, $15 children, free hot dogs for Norwegian Male Chorus of Seattle and the sembled tent, separate toilets and showers, as well as continuous surveillance. children under 11. Silent Auction, Basket Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle. The Raffle, good food, and fun for all. Golf concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Leif Erikson Li n e Gr un d s t a d Ha n k e Tournament the following day, July 31. Lodge on July 13. Suggested donation: Line Grundstad Hanke Interior Design For more information, contact June Kirk at $15. Call Bob Johnston at (206) 362-1094 (207) 872-5298 or kajune35@myfairpoint. for more information. Festival season is on in Norway, and At the Hove Festival in Arendal, which net or at www.mainenordmenn.com. many Norwegians are excited and happy to took place June 28 – July 1, the organizers Nordic Heritage Night at Safeco Field see well-known music artists play from all offered “hotelcamping.” For EUR 190 (USD Minnesota July 14 over the world. With these music festivals, 276), one can rent a one-person dome tent Norway Day Seattle, Wash. camping is part of the experience. Camping for the festival. For a group of two to four, July 10 The Nordic Heritage Museum is partnering at these festivals, however, is evolving into the Stardom package offers a dome tent, Minneapolis, Minn. with the Seattle Mariners to present Nordic more than just “roughing it” in nature. sleeping bags and air mattresses. The cost? Sponsored by the Norwegian National Heritage Night at Safeco Field. The Mari- “Glamping,” or glamorous camping, is EUR 530, or USD 770. League of Minnesota, this day-long cele- ners will be offering discounted tickets to a more luxurious way to camp these days. Social anthropologist and trend re- bration of Norwegian heritage at Minneha- the game, as well as a free t-shirt for those This trend started at music festivals in Great searcher Gunn-Helen Øye says the new tent who purchase their tickets online using the ha Park, located at 4800 Minnehaha Park- Britain as “boutique camping” or “posh culture is a typical sign of the gap between link below. The Museum will receive a do- way and Highway 55 in Minneapolis. The camping.” Those who “glamp” arrive at their the old and new generation. nation from the Mariners for each ticket day begins with a church service at 10:30 destination without dealing with the stress of “Today’s youth do not understand par- sold, so please consider attending in sup- a.m. led by Pastor Richard N. Nelson, fol- ents’ generation’s ‘tent-culture,’ because port of the Museum and Nordic heritage! finding a camping space, carrying supplies lowed by a barnetog (children’s parade) at or setting up the tent and campsite. “Glamp- they have other financial and material frame- 12:45 p.m. Activities include arts & crafts, Admission: $15 for reserved seats, and $32 ing” spread to North America, Australia, and work. They are accustomed to other stan- demonstrations, ethnic and american foods. for field seats. Purchase tickets online at is popular in Scandinavia among young peo- dards, even if they do not go into too much Singers, dancers, and music all afternoon! www.Mariners.com/Nordic (password: luxury,” she said. For more information, call (612) 861-4793 nordic), or call Corinne Fowler at (206) ple. The first “glampers” started at the Rosk- Morten E. Berg, an associate professor or email [email protected]. 346-4515. ilde Festival in Denmark, and many young festival-goers appreciate the comfort. and researcher at the Institute for Manage- New Jersey Washington, D.C. The trend is not without its critics: Many ment and Organization at the Norwegian feel this is cheating. Isn’t the sweat and being School of Management, believes that the Rosemaling & Carving Sammenkomst Race to the End of the Earth exhibit “glamping” is an example that young people July 19 – 23 Through August 21 at one with nature part of going to festivals? want comfort and luxury. He warns against Rockaway, N.J. Washington, D.C. “Maybe a little. Those who like to do Come join the fun and learn Rosemaling One hundred years ago, two teams led by conventional camping call this cheating,” investment in such things. and Acanthus Carving! Lessons are for all Britain’s Robert F. Scott and Norway’s said 20-year-old Isabell Klementsen to Af- “It does not provide a good and mean- levels of learning at a four-day session at Roald Amundsen braved starvation and tenposten. ingful life,” he remarked to Aftenposten. Nor-Bu Lodge at Lake Telemark in Rock- Antarctica’s frozen environment in a race to be first to the South Pole. Come travel away, N.J. Let’s preserve our heritage northern light through this cultural event! Eldrid Skjold with them through breathtaking photo- … works is effectively two-dimensional only. graphs, historic artifacts and interactive ex- (…continued from page 21) Arntzen, VGM will teach Rosemaling and Kenneth Blom (born in 1967) is a young, hibits in this powerful story of exploration Ken Arntzen, VGM, will teach Acanthus emerging artist whose works are in demand at the National Geographic Society. Open very impressive as are J.C. Dahl’s attention Carving. (Acanthus Carving Class has lim- to detail. In my mind, I view the castle as in Oslo and has exhibited outside of Norway ited space). This is a great opportunity for 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily. For more informa- a symbol of Danish power that Norway had on several occasions in the past, including at all to spend the week with Vesterheim Gold tion, visit www.nationalgeographic.com. been able to free itself from a few years ear- the Jason McCoy Gallery. In the current ex- Medalist teachers and learn from the best. hibit, there are three of his works, two very Hotel accomodation information available Have a great summer! lier (1814.) Edvard Munch’s two works, as most if large (59in x 67in) and a smaller work (40in not all his works, focus on the individual and x 32in). These works place the sad human or his or her mental and physical suffering. The humans in a large space with limited detail The Little Viking Gift Shoppe lithograph, “The Sick Child” clearly reveal a and few colors. The open space is defined very ill child as seen in her eyes, gaunt face by limited number of well-defined lines with a touch of Scandinavia in southern California and ruffled, unkempt hair. In the etching, emphasis on perspectives to define the actual “Summer Night, the Voice” we see a young space. The figures are dark and in one case, Come see our new shop in Temecula! woman seemingly “uptight” and fenced in some facial definition, but the people seem by trees with a bright sea not far away. The like drones or simply unhappy. Hopefully, Fine gifts and collectibles, cooking supplies, clothing, and more! trees restrain her from enjoying the joy and the works do not reflect the spirit and moods Seaport Village • 817 West Harbor Dr. (619) 232-7160 • (951) 676-6800 Old Town • 28480 C Old Town Front St. happiness of a full life as symbolized by the of the modern Norwegians, simply the art- San Diego, CA 92101 www.thelittleviking.com Temecula, CA 92590 water beyond the trees. Each of Mr. Munch’s ist’s concerns of modern society. norwegian american weekly Online: blog.norway.com/category/norway-in-the-us July 8, 2011 • 21 In your neighborhood “Northern Light” in NY Telling our story Outstanding Norwegian art at the Jason Christine Anderson documents District 2 history McCoy Gallery in New York City

Photos: Thor Fishkill Pieces from the “Northern Light” exhibition at the Jason McCoy Gallery in New York City.

Th o r A. La r s e n Fishkill, NY

Tucked away on the 11th floor in an of- could focus on each individually and yet see fice building on 57th Street in Manattan is commonality and contrasts. the modestly-sized Jason McCoy Gallery, A complete wall is devoted to the 30in currently featuring the “Northern Light” ex- x 48in “Fredriksborgs Castle” by Moonlight hibition, which is a small selection of 19th (1817) by J.C. Dahl. J.C. Dahl was often century, modern, and contemporary North- viewed as the father of landscape paint- ern European artists. In this intimate set- ing with his large canvases detailing the ting, my wife and I were able to enjoy, by Norwegian landscape with romantic and ourselves, a large work by Johan Christian nationalistic themes. Personally, I find J.C. Dahl, two works by Edvard Munch and three Dahl’s works similar to works of the Hudson works by an emerging Norwegian artist, River School of the mid-19th Century such Photo courtesy of Christine Anderson Kenneth Blom! It was like having a private as Thomas Cole and Frederic Church and I Christine Anderson, who served as chair of the Sons of Norway District 2 centennial and historian, class on significant Norwegian art in the last thoroughly enjoy them equally. compiled the history of the district in “Fram, forward into the future.” 200 years. The magnificence of the Fredriksborgs These works by the Norwegian artists castle is effectively captured in the moon- So l v e i g Le e shared the walls of the two room gallery light and included are some people as insig- Mount Vernon, Wash. with works of other artists of Northern Eu- nificant but provide a sense of scale of the rope from the same time periods. The works castle. The sky, the trees and lighting are A dedicated historian! Could Christine tion, then typeset and did the layout for the were spaced nicely on the walls so viewers Anderson be anything less? In 2010, District District 2’s 90th Anniversary. In 2003, she CONTINUES PAGE 20 2 Sons of Norway celebrated its centennial. worked on the 100th anniversary pictorial di- To compile the history of the Sons of Nor- rectory for Leif Erikson Lodge 2-001. At that way district was insurmountable. Anderson, time, she became fascinated with many fabu- the chair of the centennial committee and lous photos taken at lodge conventions in the District 2 Historian, took on the job. early years and has extended much effort in The centennial of District 2 honored the the following years by incorporating photos, merger of two Norwegian groups: The Sons photographs, and history into this wonderful of Norway of the Pacific Coast, organized on book! A project in which Christine said she May 13, 1903, and Sons of Norway, orga- says she invested 5,000 hours or more of vol- nized on Jan. 16, 1895, in the Midwest. On unteer time on this project! Undoubtedly, the July 9, 1910, in Grand Forks, N.D., the con- hours were many more. solidation became the Sons of Norway with The result: a book complete with a col- two districts. lection of histories, stories, lodge activities Through the years, Anderson has delved and outreach projects, and background infor- into the Norwegian history of the Pacific mation! Not only are the halls of the lodges Northwest. Aspects of this history, as well noted, but 101 waymarks, such as: the Leif as that of the Sons of Norway, was incor- Erikson Statue along Shilshole Bay, the Ed- porated into this celebration. The result: A vard Grieg bust on the University of Wash- history titled “Fram, forward into the future: ington campus, Ibsen’s bust at Wright Park Celebrating 100 years of District 2 Sons of in Tacoma, and Tivoli Fountain, dedicated Sons of Norway Building, B-20 Norway 1910 – 2010.” to Governor Langlie at the Washington State Norway Art 1455 W. Lake Street In August 2011, the Fram – a ship that capitol are listed. What a wonderful collec- (612) 339-7829 Minneapolis, MN 55408 was used in expeditions of the Arctic and tion of information and way to appreciate www.norwayartonline.com • email: [email protected] Antarctic regions by the Norwegian ex- Norwegian contributions in District 2! By appointment please plorers from in the late 19th and early 20th This book was edited and compiled by centuries – celebrates its 100th anniversary Christine M. Anderson, Chair of the Centen- Join uS For a SPEcial of its voyage to the South Pole with Roald nial Committee and District 2 Historian. Amundsen. The original masts for the Fram Copies of the Centennial book are avail- ship came from the Pacific Northwest. able. Send a check for $50 black and white Scandinavian Concert Interest in Norway and that which is or $150 for color book made out to District Presenting the Giske mixed choir from norway Norwegian prevails in the life of Christine 2 to the following address or contact her at: with the Norwegian Male Chorus of Seattle and the Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle Anderson. How else could she have pursued Christine Anderson, 8332 17th Avenue NW, the projects in which she has been a part? Seattle, WA 98117, or email cmadance@ come and experience authentic Scandinavian choral music Along with her father, Donald E. An- earthlink.net. and enjoy three norwegian choirs in one special concert! derson, she researched to locate informa- Wednesday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. – Suggested donation: $15 Ha en riktig god sommer! Have a great summer! leif Erikson Hall, 2245 nW 57th St. in Seattle, Washington NB: No issues July 15, 22, 29 or August 5. For inFormation, call (206) 362-1094 22 • July 8, 2011 Online: blog.norway.com/category/norwegian-americans norwegian american weekly norwegian heritage Norwegian Language Corner The boys from Vangen: Rønningen Ramblings with Heidi Håvan Grosch

Written by Leif Halse Heidi was a long-time Minnesotan until she married her favorite Norwegian, Morten, and moved to his home Vangsgutane, a classic series in Norway from 1941 to present, was used as curriculum material in country of Norway. As a recent immigrant she is experi- Norwegian schools, as the series had easy-to-read text with pictures. Deb Nelson Gourley of Astri encing Norway with a unique perspective, filling us in on My Astri Publishing brings the copyrighted bilingual English/Norwegian serialization of “The the good, the bad and the unexpected! Boys From Vangen: Vangsgutane” to the readers of the Norwegian American Weekly to practice their Norwegian reading skills, as well as enjoy a Norwegian classic! Creative Exploring

NÅ ER DET KÅRE SOM FINNER PÅ RÅD! NOW IT’S KÅRE WHO FINDS A WAY! The Vangen boys stand helplessly in «Vangsgutane» står hjelpeløse framfor front of the closed cabin door. But all at once den stengte seterdøra. Men med ett setter Kåre gives a shout and jumps up. He starts Kåre i et rop og spretter i været. Han tar til climbing up the large snowbank on the right å klive oppover den høge fokkskavlen ved side of the cabin. What has his brother figured den høyre veggen på selet. Hva er det broren out now? Kåre jumps from the snowbank har funnet på nå? Kåre gjør et hopp fra skav- onto the cabin roof. Steinar just stands dumb- len og bort på seltaket. Steinar står bare og founded, but Kåre begins to climb down the måper, men Kåre begynner å klive ned gjen- chimney. nom peispipa. Kåre is as black as a chimney sweep Kåre er svart som en feier da han åpner when he opens the door for Steinar and in- døra for Steinar, og ber han være så god å vites him inside. They find a hammer, nails stige på. De finner hammer og spiker og noen and some short boards for repairing the shaft. bordbiter til å bøte skåka med. Men nå tar det But now it’s beginning to get dark in the til å mørkne over fjellet. De kan ikke kjøre mountains. They can’t drive down the steep ned den bratte lia i mørke. hillside in the dark. De har ikke annet å gjøre enn å slå seg There is nothing else they can do but set- til ro for natta, men hva skal de gjøre med tle down for the night, but what will they do Peik? Steinar mener de må ta den inn i se- Photos: Heidi Håvan Grosch with Peik? Steinar thinks they’ll have to take let, så den ikke fryser i hjel. Så leier de Peik Left: With a little imagination, a few vegetables and toothpicks can become a tomato-potato man. him into the cabin so that he doesn’t freeze to inn i seterbua, og den slår seg til ro i det lune Right: Vegetables inspired these Norwegian kids to explore new ways of working with color. death. So they lead Peik into the cabin, and rommet. De tenner varme på peisen og setter he lies down and rests in the sheltered room. seg borttil. Da hører de noen som huier kaldt Exploring is in almost every Norwe- saker). We got tomatoes from the local They light a fire in the hearth and sit down og nifst ute i vinternatta. «Hva er det?» spør gian’s blood. If the weather is nice, espe- farm school (Landbruksskolen), cauliflower next to it. Then they hear something terribly Kåre redd. «Det er hubroen som skriker,» cially on a Sunday, they set off to climb a (blomkål) and a case of bananas from the frightening hooting out in the winter night. trøster Steinar rolig. mountain peak, explore a nearby forest or (in local grocery store (matbutikken) and took “What is that?” asks Kåre, fearfully. “That is Translated into English the winter) go for a long ski. (It is therefore sprouting potatoes from my basement. We an owl screeching,” Steinar calmly reassures by Alexander Knud Huntrods him. no surprise that so many Norwegians have wondered what to do with this bounty, but Illustrated by Jens R. Nilssen become famous for their polar expeditions). one should never underestimate the power Vangsgutane bilingual book available for $19.95 with FREE shipping in the U.S.A. But even the youngest Norwegians of a child’s creativity. They are willing to www.astrimyastri.com enjoy exploring new things, and this week explore even outrageous options and as a re- I have been part of a team that produced a sult, come up with some remarkable things. new program for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grad- What do you think of our vegetable figures? 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However, it became apparent about their expedition at the Nordic Spirit person to complete a solo expedition to the Fridtjof Nansen not to do this because of the that almost all the woodwork was infested Symposium at California Lutheran Univer- North Pole without re-supplying, and the risk of sailing round Cape Horn. The Gjøa with dry rot. The best-preserved parts were sity in Thousand Oaks, Calif., this January. first to cross the Antarctic continent alone. was left at the naval station in San Francisco the original wood of the keel, the keelson, One particular milestone was in 2006 when under the watchful eye of the commanding the bottom planks and some of the lower Thor Heyerdahl (Oct. 6, 1914 – April 18, Børge set out on one of his hardest expedi- officer. The Norwegian-Americans in San outer planking. 2002) tions: North Pole during winter time. On Jan. Francisco wanted to preserve the famous A hundred years after Roald Amund- He may not have been a polar explorer, 22, 2006, Borge and expedition partner Mike little ship and a committee was established sen’s birth, in 1972, when the Gjøa herself but Thor Heyerdahl is one of Norway’s most Horn left Cape Arktichesky and started the which bought the sloop and gave her to the was 100 years old, she was lifted up in the famous explorers. In the Kon-Tiki Expedi- battle against the cold and darkness on the city of San Francisco. On July 5, 1909, the Golden Gate Park, placed on a trailer and tion, Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers dangerous drifting ice. After more than two Gjøa was pulled ashore and placed on a driven to the harbor. There she was lifted went to Peru, where they constructed a pae- months, fighting open water, polar bears, mi- prominent site in the Golden Gate Park. again by a floating crane and placed on the pae raft from balsa wood and other native nus 40 conditions and an infection that nearly The Gjøa was a big attraction in San deck of the M/S Star Billabong. The Gjøa ar- materials, a raft that they called the Kon- killed Mike, they reached the Geographical Francisco, but standing under an open sky, at rived in Oslo on June 2. The Oslo Harbor Of- Tiki. The Kon-Tiki expedition was inspired North Pole March 23. This expedition had the mercy of wind, sun and rain, she quickly fice’s floating crane placed it on a concrete by old reports and drawings made by the long been regarded as impossible due to the deteriorated. In addition she was exposed to foundation by the shore outside the Fram Spanish Conquistadors of Inca rafts. After constant darkness and the extreme cold of vandalism, fire and souvenir hunters. Plans Museum and the Gjøa was formally handed a 101 day, 4,300 mile (8,000 km) journey the winter months. Being the first to do this existed to put the Gjøa into a protective over to the Norwegian Maritime Museum. across the Pacific Ocean, Kon-Tiki smashed during the months of winter, they have added building, but this was never realized. Finally Djupevåg Boatyard in Tørvikbygd car- into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands a chapter to the history of polar exploration. the Gjøa was in such a bad state that there ried out maintenance work during the sum- on August 7, 1947. Heyerdahl’s expeditions was talk of burning the wreck. Several pri- mers 1972 and 1973. Almost all the deck and were spectacular and caught the public imag- Cato Zahl Pedersen (born Jan. 12, 1959) vate collections were needed to finance the hull planks needed to be replaced. In spring ination. Although much of his work remains This Norwegian explorer has overcome most important maintenance, but this was 1974 the Gjøa was rigged and later the same unaccepted within the scientific community, obstacles: Zahl Pedersen had to have one arm not enough. In connection with the visit of year a cabin fore and aft were fitted out. Heyerdahl increased public interest in an- amputated and half of the other after a high- the Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess to Since 1974 the Gjøa has stood as a cient history and anthropology. voltage electrocution accident at the age of San Francisco in 1939, newspapers could an- splendid monument at Bygdøynes. Howev- 14. He didn’t let that slow him down: He has nounce that the restoration of the Gjøa had at er, again the situation outdoors is deteriorat- Helge Marcus Ingstad (Dec. 30, 1899 – won a total of 14 medals (13 gold, one sil- last started. However, the work was stopped ing the ship, which in addition has more or March 29, 2001) ver) at the Paralympic Olympic Games from in 1941, due to the war. It was renewed in less only been accessible to the public for a Ingstad was a Norwegian explorer who 1980 – 1994, competing in both winter and 1947, when the ship was languishing in a di- couple of Sundays during the summer. This traced the footsteps of the earlier Norwegian summer competitions. In 1994, he accepted lapidated shack. The Norwegian parliament is now history. A protective building for the explorers. After mapping some Norse settle- the challenge to walk, without help, from granted money and restoration could begin. Gjøa will now assure her future. ments, Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine, an the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole, a The restoration was finally completed in In connection with new and more com- archaeologist, in 1960 found remnants of a distance of 1,400 kilometers. Zahl Pedersen 1949, and on this special occasion the mayor prehensive information about the Gjøa’s his- Viking settlement in L’Anse aux Meadows pulled his 125 kg sled (275 pounds) like his of San Francisco promised that it was now tory in her new home, the Fram Museum is in Newfoundland in Canada. With that they other two colleagues on the trip, though ex- the city’s responsibility to keep the ship in interested in coming into contact with read- were the first to prove conclusively that the perts said it was physically impossible. The good order. This did not happen, and dete- ers who have photographs, documents, ob- Greenlandic Norsemen had found a way trio followed the same route that Erling Kag- rioration began again. Inferior materials, jects and other effects relating to the Gjøa across the Atlantic Ocean to North America, ge had done the year before, and it only took vandalism and lack of maintenance led to and her voyages. Please visit us at www. roughly 500 years before Christopher Co- them three extra days to accomplish their the efforts to bring the Gjøa back to Norway. frammuseum.no. lumbus and John Cabot. He also thought that goal of reaching the South Pole. People in San Francisco were positive to the the mysterious disappearance of the Green- plans and a Norwegian Gjøa committee was Geir O. Klover (47) has been the direc- land Viking settlement in the 14th and 15th Otto Sverdrup (Oct. 31, 1854 – Nov. 26, established in 1971. The only question was: tor of the Fram Museum in Oslo since 2005. centuries could be explained by their emigra- 1930) Was the Gjøa in good enough condition to Geir has edited and co-written six books tion to North America. Otto Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor be moved? on Norwegian polar history, published by and Arctic explorer. Sverdrup joined Fridtjof The ship looked very good at this point the Fram Museum. He is currently editing Erling Kagge (born Jan. 15, 1963) Nansen’s expedition of 1888 across Green- in time. She had been painted in connection the diaries of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Before his 32nd birthday, Norwegian land. In 1892 he was an advisor to Fridtjof with the Norwegian royal visit in 1968, and Amundsen. Erling Kagge had sailed across the Atlantic Nansen when the ship Fram was built. In she was given a new coat during the prepara- alone twice, sailed to Antarctica and back, 1893 Sverdrup was given command of the traveled (with Børge Ousland, see below) ship, and in 1895 he was left in charge of it back on top… without outside assistance to the North Pole, while Nansen attempted to reach the North (…continued from page 1) Games on home turf in June, was pleased and alone and unsupported to the South Pole, Pole. Sverdrup managed to free the ship with his win. and climbed Mt. Everest, becoming the first from the ice near Svalbard in August 1896 Zordo came third with 83.65m. “I am back where I want to be, and I am person in history to reach the world’s “Three and sailed to Skjervøy, arriving just 4 days Thorkildsen who has been out with in- looking forward to the next meet in Birming- Extremes” (the two poles plus the highest after Nansen had reached Norway. Between jury for several weeks, and missed Bislett ham,” he said. mountaintop). In 1990, he became the first 1899 to 1902, he overwintered three more man – together with Børge Ousland – to times on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian spirit of adventure … pagne,” said Richard Braastad, Cellar Mas- reach the North Pole unsupported. Three Arctic with the Fram, continuing to explore (…continued from page 3) ter, Tiffon S.A. years later he was the first to reach the South and map, culminating in the discovery of the To purchase a bottle, look for it at the Pole, walking alone and unsupported for 50 islands to the west of Ellesmere Island. Upon egant finish. Polish in taste and well blended Oslo Aiport Gardermoen Duty Free shop or days – an exploit featured on the cover of Sverdrup’s return in Norway, he was treated by wawes. Reflected a long journey in ex- at the Fram Museum. For more information, Time magazine. Kagge now runs publishing as a national hero. However, he remains rela- treme conditions. Just a sophisticated taste contact Trond B. 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