The Third Man. The Story of Hjalmar Johansen
By: Ragnar Kvam Jr.
Hjalmar Johansen is the only polar explorer who followed both Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen into the ice. The sledge trip with Nansen from Fram to the famous 86º 14' north latitude, and the wintering in the stone hut on Franz Josef Land, brought the quiet sportsman from Skien fame. But his luck was not to last. His participation in Amundsen's South Pole expedition fifteen years later ended in deep tragedy. In this book, Hjalmar Johansen finally gets the heroic status he deserves in Norwegian polar history. Ragnar Kvam jr. has written a dramatic account of this man's life and fate. in the field of tension between Nansen and Amundsen
