{"id":378,"date":"2017-11-21T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2017-11-27T22:43:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:43:21","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\u00d3ttar Sveinsson\" src=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ottarIMG_8321-web-300x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ottarIMG_8321-web-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ottarIMG_8321-web-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ottarIMG_8321-web-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ottarIMG_8321-web-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ottarIMG_8321-web.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>\u00d3ttar Sveinsson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Author \u00d3ttar Sveinsson<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top action reporter \u00d3ttar Sveinsson has consistently made the Icelandic bestseller lists for the last 23 years (220,000 copies). Some of his books have been published in the English-speaking countries, as well as in Germany, Denmark and Netherlands. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of his true life stories was filmed by a Hollywood crew from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rescue 911<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kull volcano\/glacier, and broadcast in over 40 countries. \u00d3ttar has made a contract with a producer \u00a0in Hollywood &#8211; a film script will be based on his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Longest Night<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The BBC has made programmes about the events described in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doom in the Deep<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00d3ttar Sveinsson\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00datkall<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> books have been some of the most popular reading in Iceland for the past 23 years. He tells thrilling, fast-moving true stories \u2013 which the reader finds hard to put down before reaching the end. No reader can fail to be moved by the candid first-person accounts given by people who have found themselves in deathly peril, their loved ones and, of course, the rescuers who saved their lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#00357a;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 40px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" title=\"the longest night\" src=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/the-longest-night-198x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/the-longest-night-200x303.jpg 200w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/the-longest-night-400x606.jpg 400w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/the-longest-night.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The Longest Night<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Five members of the crew of the Icelandic freighter <i>Su\u00f0urland<\/i>, cast adrift in a leaky rubber dinghy when the ship went down north of the Arctic Circle on Christmas Night in 1986, describe their appalling ordeal. Dressed for Christmas dinner, the men stood up to their knees in cold seawater for 13 hours. Six of their crewmates died.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Longest Night \u2013 adaptation has been in progress by a screen writer in Hollywood.<\/li>\n<li>Nine thousand copies sold in Iceland<\/li>\n<li>Published both by PP Forlag and Documentas in Denmark.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The book describes spectacular drama.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Herholdt Jensen, Kort og Godt, Denmark<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A uniquely captivating narrative that grips the reader.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Lekt\u00f6rudtalelse \u2013 Danish Bibliotek Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This book is of really high quality and well written. I couldn\u2019t stop reading &#8230; it\u2019s simply great.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Gudridur Haraldsd\u00f3ttir \u2013 Channel 2 Radio, Iceland<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 40px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" title=\"doom in the deep\" src=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/doom-in-the-deep-198x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/doom-in-the-deep-200x303.jpg 200w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/doom-in-the-deep-400x606.jpg 400w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/doom-in-the-deep.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Doom in the Deep<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>In February 1968, in a howling -10\u00b0C gale from the North Pole, fishermen fought desperately for their lives, hacking at the deadly ice that coated their vessels. Visibility was almost nil and communications only intermittent.<\/p>\n<p>When a wave swamped the Hull trawler <i>Ross Cleveland<\/i>, she foundered in minutes. It was reported she had gone down with all hands. Yet thirty-six hours later First Mate Harry Eddom was found alive, after an incredible ordeal. Swept around all night in the raging sea in a life raft with the bodies of two dead shipmates, he finally made land on a remote shore. After walking miles over rock and scree in a near-deserted fjord, he took shelter by an uninhabited cabin for a second long, cold night, until a young shepherd lad chanced upon him. Harry Eddom\u2019s \u201creturn from the dead\u201d made international news headlines.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full English translation by Anna Yates<\/li>\n<li>10,000 copies sold in Iceland<\/li>\n<li>\u00d3ttar sold world English-language rights for Doom in the Deep (his 8th book &#8211; foreword by BBC TV personality Magnus Magnusson KBE) to the Lyons Press in USA in 2004.<\/li>\n<li>Hollandia\/Gottmer, Netherlands published Doom in the Deep in 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;It is a story of incomparable courage and heroism, of disaster and despair: an unforgettable tribute to the spirit and hardihood of these brave men &#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Magnus Magnusson KBE (BBC \u2013 Mastermind)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so impressed and moved by it. Congratulations on such a great piece of work&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Rupert Creed \u2013 author and BBC broadcaster<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a marvellous book.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Patricia Eve \u2013 Seafarer Books<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" title=\"lost on the glacier\" src=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lost-on-the-glacier-198x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lost-on-the-glacier-200x303.jpg 200w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lost-on-the-glacier-400x606.jpg 400w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lost-on-the-glacier.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Lost on the Glacier<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>The first obituaries had already appeared in the newspapers, five days after an airliner returning to Iceland from Europe went missing in 1950 with a crew of six on board, and 18 dogs \u2013 when a faint radio signal was picked up: \u201cLocation unknown &#8230; all alive.\u201d An extraordinary chain of events followed. People wept in the streets with joy that the crew were alive. But how were they to be rescued? It was the most demanding rescue in Iceland\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full English translation by Anna Yates<\/li>\n<li>10,000 copies sold in Iceland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;When you start on a book like this, you don\u2019t look up for the rest of the day. \u00d3ttar\u2019s best book &#8230; well written &#8230; cool style \u2026 an exciting read.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>S\u00fasanna Svavarsd\u00f3ttir critic TV Channel 2 Iceland<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The book is amazingly exciting &#8211; My wife and I read it straight through.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Einar Bollason, son of radio-operator of the Geysir airliner<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" title=\"Screen Shot 2017-11-27 at 22.34.59\" src=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-27-at-22.34.59-225x300.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-27-at-22.34.59-200x267.png 200w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-27-at-22.34.59-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-27-at-22.34.59.png 597w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Go\u00f0afoss<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478,"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkall.is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}