History with SnowBrains: How a Legendary Rescue Inspired the Birkebeiner Cross-Country Race In the depths of a Norwegian winter in the year 1206, two warriors strapped wooden skis to their feet and raced across snow-covered mountains for miles, a precious cargo in their arms: the infant crown prince. Their heroic journey from safely from Lillehammer to Østerdalen and from there to Trondheim, is commemorated to this day eight centuries later for the […] Julia Schneemann | May 28, 2025 0 Comments