The last Viking
Ragnar Thorseth's adventurous life
By: Olav Lie Gundersen
He lost three uncles at sea and carried his firstborn son to the cemetery, dug a grave and laid him in it. Ragnar Thorseth spent the rest of his life challenging the forces of nature and trying the impossible. He rowed alone to Shetland, became the first Norwegian at the North Pole, wintered in Svalbard where his family fed polar bears from the boat's hold, sailed around the world in Viking ships and met both vagabonds and Fidel Castro on his way. He survived all the rough seas, but fell off a horse at home in Sunnmøre and spent a month in a coma. Ragnar Thorseth's road back to life was the toughest journey of them all. This is the story of a life off the beaten track and a restlessness that never dies.
Nice book
