by Fridtjof Nansen
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National Geographic calls this "One of the 100 greatest adventure books of all time." Nansen, Norway's earliest and perhaps most famous explorer, wrote this massive journal in a two-book format in 1897, and subtitled it: "The record of a (three year) voyage of exploration...and of a 15-month sleigh journey." Nansen's journal ... ... more

by Thor Heyerdahl
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Thor Heyerdahl, world-renowned explorer and archaeologist, inherited the Scandinavian trait for adventure that coursed through the veins of the earliest Vikings and was passed down to famous Norwegian discoverers such as Leif Ericsson, Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundson. This same wanderlust and sense of adventure was found in the brave immigrants — many ... ... more

by Linda Lawrence Hunt
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The Vikings, Roald Amundson, Fridtjof Nansen, Thor Heyerdal ...Norwegians whose names evoke a spirit of exploration and adventure. Add a new name, Helga Estby. Helga went through many of the hardships experienced by Scandinavian immigrants — adventurers in their own right — but Helga went a few ... ... more