Ingstad, Helge 1899-2001

Westward to Vinland; the discovery of pre-Columbian Norse house-sites in North America by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
53 editions published between 1965 and 2006 in 8 languages and held by 1,095 libraries worldwide
Translation of Norwegian original "Vesterveg til Vinland", Oslo, 1965, containing account of author's expedition in 1960 and excavations in 1961-64 at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.

The Apache Indians in search of the missing tribe by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
27 editions published between 1939 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 947 libraries worldwide

Land under the Pole Star; a voyage to the Norse settlements of Greenland and the saga of the people that vanished by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
10 editions published between 1959 and 1966 in English and held by 815 libraries worldwide
Norse settlement and culture in south-west Greenland in Middle Ages. Field work in 1953. Translation of Norwegian original Landet under leidarstjernen, published in 1959.

The Viking discovery of America : the excavation of a Norse settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
5 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 493 libraries worldwide
"Driven from their Greenland home by crowded and harsh conditions, a bold group of Vikings set sail in search of freedom and better lands. With incredible luck, skill, and fortitude, they persevered and discovered a place with a profusion of wood, wild game, and fertile soil. The sagas, or narratives, that grew from this discovery bestowed on the lands a name that resonated with hope and promise - Vinland." "Intrigued almost 1,000 years later by allusions in the ancient sagas of fabled Vinland, a husband-and-wife team pooled their considerable talents and skills to solve one of history's greatest puzzles. They considered the scholarship on Viking culture and technology, studied maps, and researched intensively the prominent theories on Vinland's location. Finally their efforts bore fruit when a remote Newfoundland peninsula yielded a soapstone spindle-whorl, a Viking ring pin and what were unmistakably the overgrown remnants of more than a dozen Viking buildings. The amazing revelation overturned centuries of historical conjecture and proved that Columbus's discovery of America had been scooped more than four centuries before he was born." "The Viking Discovery of America brings to life the true tale of a voyage once thought impossible. The detailed account presented here entwines fascinating details about Viking shipbuilding, navigation, culture and lifestyle together with an in-depth exploration of the detective process used by the authors to bring the truth to light."--Jacket.

Nunamiut; among Alaska's inland Eskimos by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
13 editions published between 1952 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 402 libraries worldwide
First published in Norwegian (Oslo, Gyldendal, 1951).

The Norse discovery of America by Anne Stine Ingstad ( Book )
8 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 207 libraries worldwide

The land of feast and famine by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
4 editions published between 1992 and 2008 in English and held by 206 libraries worldwide
Helge Ingstad's life in the Canadian Arctic spanned the 1920s and 1930s. He describes the native companions and fellow trappers with whom he shared adventures and relates stories of numerous hunts and how he learned first hand about beaver, caribou, wolf and other wildlife.

The land of feast and famine by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
11 editions published between 1933 and 1992 in English and held by 163 libraries worldwide
Translation of Pelsjegerliv blandt Nord-Kanadas indianere (Oslo,1931). Author's life as a trapper in the Great Slave Lake region, 1926-30.

East of the great glacier by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
4 editions published in 1937 in English and held by 156 libraries worldwide
Author's wintering in north-east Greenland in 1932-33 in charge of Norwegian-occupiedt territory and as leader of hunting expedition. Translation of Norwegian original Oet for den store bre, Oslo, 1935.

Klondyke Bill by Helge Ingstad ( Book )
25 editions published between 1941 and 2006 in 7 languages and held by 63 libraries worldwide
Biography of Klondyke Bill. Details his life as a hunter and trapper in Northern Canada and Alaska in the early 20th century.