Word: ragnhild
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bengt Snyder was a tall, serious, good-looking Swedish boy who at 20 decided that it was time for him to take a firm hand in restoring the run-down family estate of Holinge. His widowed mother, Ragnhild, was too gentle and resigned to meet the difficulties of mounting debts and reduced income, the fits of temperament and moodiness in her children. His 30-year-old sister, Marianne, had made a complete wreck of her life. She had studied to be a singer, deliberately botched her first concert to spite her mother and her mother's love...
Notably absent was Christian's brother, King Haakon of Norway, but he sent his son, Crown Prince Olaf to represent him, and his two toddling granddaughters Princesses Ragnhild, 4, and Astrid, 3, were the only bridesmaids. Marie of Rumania, to everyone's relief, did not come...
...whalers which had with difficulty put him, two companions, 53 dogs, a wireless machine and a year's supply of food, fuel and equipment on the ice barrier, had all gone. His party was to travel 3,000 mi. along the Atlantic edge of the Antarctic, from Princess Ragnhild Land to Hearst Land...