If you haven't read the book by Thor Heyerdahl you should. It's an amazing and well told adventure that can only command serious respect.

http://www.amazon.com/Kon-Tiki-Across-Pacific-Thor-Heyerdahl...

Here's a link to the heavy water sabotage in Norway during the second world war that Hauglund was a part of. Amazing stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage