Some magazines talked about the quail catchers in Rauland and Vinje.
One would not think that quail hunting was something typical in a mountain village. Typical or not, it is in any case a fact that around 120 natives and winegrowers traveled to Antarctica to try their luck as quail catchers.
The first traveled in the late 1920s, from great unemployment and little future prospects in their home village to hard work and good earnings in the Arctic Ocean. And invested the profits saved in something that could secure the future for himself and his family back home.
In the wake of the pre-war generation of quail hunters, after the war there followed a stream of young people from the mountain villages down to the Arctic Ocean to hunt quail. In one single year, 20-30 quail hunters from Rauland and Vinje participated in the oil adventure of the time, which one can at least say in retrospect went far beyond bordering on predatory exploitation.
"Kval i sikte" is written on the basis of oral and written sources among people who participated in the quail catch.
The book is hardbound, contains many photos and is 78 pages long. The writing board consisted of Olof Bylander, Helga Landsverk and Tone Liv Kjelingtveit, with Herman Henriksveen as editor and writer of most of the material.
