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Norwegian maritime explorers and expeditions over the past thousand years
- Title
- Norwegian maritime explorers and expeditions over the past thousand years / [Kåre Berg [and three others] ; English translation: Dahlia Pfeffer, Veronica Harrington Hansen, Richard Lawson].
- Publication
- Oslo : Index Publishing, [1999]
- ©1999
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- Description
- 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 29 cm
- Summary
- "Norwegian maritime explorers and expeditions take you on the greatest journeys of discovery over a thousand years. Throughout Norwegian history, the sea has been the most important highway used by Norwegians in their travels along our almost 2000-kilometre-long coast or to more distant destinations. Some explorers set off in search of new territories for commercial reasons, like Viking Ottar around the year 890 A.D. and Leif Eiriksson in 999 A.D., Jens Munk in 1619 or Carl Anton Larsen and Otto Sverdrup in the twentieth century. Others, like Fridtjof Nansen and Road Amundsen, had a burning desire to explore new countries and realize personal ambitions, or, like Thor Heyerdahl, they have wanted to prove a theory about ancient vessels and their ability to cross oceans. All these explorers have one key characteristic in common: they look upon the sea as a natural element to be mastered, but not conquered. They conducted their expeditions on nature's own terms, in spite of the risks involved. The chapters of this book tell stories of daring courage, stubborn endurance and scientific curiosity, and the drama and tension derive not only from the explorers' struggle with the forces of nature but also from the outstanding personalities of the men who made these journeys..." -- Publisher's description
- Uniform Title
- Norske maritime oppdagere. English.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-175).
- Contents
- It began with a boat / by Øystein Kock Johansen -- Ottar the viking, the voyages to the White Sea and Wessex / by Øystein Kock Johansen -- Leif Eiriksson and the discovery of America / by Øystein Kock Johansen -- Jens Munk and the hunt for the North-West Passage / by Henrik Ulven -- With Fridtjof Nansen and "Fram" across the Arctic Ocean / by Kåre Berg -- C.A. Larsen : pioneer of the Antarctic Ocean / by Thor N. Devig -- Otto Sverdrup : the discovery of new territories in the north / by Kåre Berg -- Roald Amundsen conquers the South Pole / by Kåre Berg -- Thor Heyerdahl : the Kon-Tiki expedition / by Øystein Kock Johansen -- Thor Heyerdahl : by papyrus boat across the Atlantic / by Øystein Kock Johansen -- Thor Heyerdahl : "the Tigris" follows in Noah's wake / by Øystein Kock Johansen.
- ISBN
- 8272171058
- 9788272171055
- 8272171023
- 9788272171024
- LCCN
- 00315733
- OCLC
- ocm44063555
- 44063555
- SCSB-1246753
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library