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Reviews the life and expeditions of the Norwegian explorer who first reached the South Pole, with emphasis on the criticism some of his decisions received. Includes photographs taken during his expeditions.

A brief biography of tenth-century adventurer and explorer, Eric the Red, describing his life in Norway and in Iceland, his discovery of Greenland, and founder of the first European settlement in Greenland.

In the predawn hours on a day in 1994, two thieves entered a museum in Oslo, Norway and made off with a famous painting, Edvard Munch's Scream. Norwegian police hired Charley Hill, the world's greatest art detective, to recover the painting.

In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for Nazi-occupied arctic Norway to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance. But they were betrayed and when the Nazis ambushed them, only one man survived - Jan Baalsrud. This is the incredible and gripping story of his escape. Frostbitten and snowblind, pursued by the Nazis, he dragged himself on until he reached a small arctic village. He was near death, delirious, and a virtual cripple. But the villagers, at mortal risk to themselves, were determined to save him, and - through impossible feats - they did.

Norwegian tale of witches, trolls, ogres, sly foxes, mysterious bears, beautiful princesses, and country lads as heroes.

A selection of seven familiar Norwegian fables and fairy stories retold in simple English.

A rich farmer who tries to trick his neighbor's daughter into marrying him finds the unwilling girl can match him trick for trick.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

Describes the home, school, amusements, customs, work, and day-to-day life of ten-year-old Andrea and her family living in a small village south of Oslo.

A classic folktale about three clever billy-goats who trick the nasty troll living under the bridge they wish to cross.