- John Giæver
John Schjelderup Giæver (1901–1970) was a Norwegian author and polar researcher.
He lived as a
trapper in north-eastGreenland 1929–34, served with theRoyal Norwegian Air Force inLittle Norway ,Canada 1941–44.He held the position as "office manager" at
Norsk Polarinstitutt ("The Norwegian Institute of Polar Research"),Tromsø , 1948–60, and was the leader of the wintering party of theNorwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1949–1952.His literary career began with "Illgjæringsmann" ("A misdeeder") (1921), which was translated into German in 1923. His book "Maudheim" (1952), describing the Antarctic Expedition was translated into English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, German and Croatian.
From 1955 of he renewed his literary authorship with numerous books of documetary and partly autobiographical topics, covering Arctic trapping, fishing, warfare, as well as childhood memoirs from
Tromsø . These books won great acclaim.References
#John Giæver, "The White Desert: The Official Account of the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition," translated from the Norwegian by E.M. Huggard, London: Chatto & Windus, 1954.
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