If you want your mind truly blown, read the book. The movie doesn’t begin to detail what he went through... it’s so unbelievable that at the beginning of the book the author states that you won’t believe it’s a true story, and he had his doubts. But then he went to Norway and researched it all by interviewing all the people who kept this man alive. The snow cave experience is MUCH more complicated as is the sled trip(s).
Can’t recommend enough and although there are numerous books, I think this one is the best. I read it in a day/night.
Data sources:
Dog trajectories from Mary R. Tahan, Roald Amundsen's Sled Dogs
Expedition track from Roland Huntford, The Last Place on Earth
Tools:
QGIS, Adobe Illustrator
In this book, the author claims asking someone how happy they are means different things in different cultures. He says in Japan answering, "Yes, I am happy" is seen as bragging. In Scandinavia, however, being unhappy is something to be ashamed of, hence you will get only positive responses.
Scandinavian countries are also have some of the highest rates of anti-depressant use in the world.
The best one, in my opinion is not an online one, it is an actual book, but they have finally published it in ebook form. I have both. It is Einar Haugen's "Norwegian-English Dictionary: A Pronouncing and Translating Dictionary of Modern Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) with a Historical and Grammatical Introduction "
Brilliant brilliant brilliant.
I posted it about it in /r/norsk [HERE]. (Read the comment there for a link to the Google Books sample, if you want to see what it is like between the covers.)
Read about it on Amazon with some reviews HERE.
If you decide you want to order the ebook version (is a pdf, but can be converted with a little effort) there is a discount available via a quick Googling, at least there was a couple months ago when I bought it.
Edit: Is only Norwegian to English, though.
The younger was transitioning in different ways in different places. In general the runes themselves are accurate, but are often ascribed mystical meaning that isnt always accurate. You might start somewhere like The Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions by Terje Spurkland who was my advisor in the program. There are many other academic works on the subject. The idea of Norse/Viking mysticism and ritual is a complicated one, so its just going to be down to the individual symbol and doing some research on it.
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price would be a good one. He is an accredited historian of Scandinavia where he is a professor in Sweden. What I would recommend is to read this and then to look at his notes/recommended reading section at the end of the book and branch off from there!
Hey there!
I highly recommend Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price and River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman. Both are absolutely fantastic reads, however, the second book focuses more on the expansion of Viking culture and trade into the far reaches of the world - from Ireland to Russia and the Middle East.
Doesn't help your western bent much, but I loved SPQR and was just as challenged by https://www.amazon.com/Children-Ash-Elm-History-Vikings/dp/0465096980
> > My dear Tavy, your pious English habit of regarding the world as a moral gymnasium built expressly to strengthen your character in, occasionally leads you to think about your own confounded principles when you should be thinking about other people's necessities.
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/george-bernard-shaw/man-and-superman/text/single-page
> > A Norwegian official on Spitsbergen, who had seen expeditions of diverse nationalities come and go, once remarked that the British university students stood out, because they "seemed to want to be heroes."
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Place-Earth-Amundsens-Exploration/dp/0375754741
> Could you guys help me choose, give me pros and cons and every info you can?
Between Denmark and Sweden, please forgive me for heavy stereotyping, but:
Danes can be quite conservative when it comes to minority issues. For example, they don't make it easy for Romanian Roma beggars to settle in Denmark, but they will not make it easy for you either.
In comparison, Swedes think they have the obligation as the majority to adapt and to avoid offending minorities.
Read https://www.amazon.de/Almost-Nearly-Perfect-People-Scandinavian/dp/1250081564
We Die Alone by David Howarth is pretty epic. It’s the story of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian Commando ambushed by Nazis on a mission during WWII. The book starts with the attack, so it jumps right into action, and the rest is the tale of Jan’s escape and survival. What he endured is mind blowing.
Neal Bascomb wrote a wonderful book about this called The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Fortress-Mission-Sabotage-Hitlers/dp/0544947290
It is an amazing page turner and is amazing for even those that aren't super into history. I took it to the beach with me last year and was done after a few days.
This is a really great book, and very entertaining also. I spent the first 22 years of my life in Norway and can tell you from experience that the "polls" used to show Scandinavia in general as a happy place are complete B.S.
https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Nearly-Perfect-People-Scandinavian/dp/1250081564
Sweden is what I was thinking when I said that - speaking of which, this is a fun non-fiction read - completely off topic and nothing to do with TRP though..