 Unknown Norwegian Pioneers and Heroes abroad

In the summer of 2005, two Norwegian adventurers, Per Olav Eidsaeter and Pål Ertvag from Møre og Romsdal, Norway completed the trip to the Klondike. They followed in the footsteps of the Norwegian pioneer Linus Todal from Aure, Norway. Linus Todal wrote a diary about his journey to the Klondike, the world's biggest gold rush from 1896 to 1900. Per Olav read the diary and decided to make the journey after a year of preparations. Linus Todal is the great-great-grandfather of 2 of the children of Per Olav Eidsæter and great-grandfather of Pål Ertvåg. The purpose of the trip was to find Linus's gold mine and feel the efforts he had during his stay far up there in the Canadian wilderness. There were three of them who left Seattle in the winter of 1997, but only one of them returned alive, Linus Todal. The whole story can also be read at: http://scandinavian-klondikestories.com