The real problem, of course, deals with loading and the weight associated with all the booze that the Norwegians will have to load on the raft.
You know, sir, for some reason I never associated Norwegians with "drinking."
Alaskans, yes; northern Canadians, yes; and I had ample opportunities for observing, first-hand and up-close, the swilling habits of the Irish, the Scots, the English, and most especially the Russians and Ukrainians.
But Norwegians as drinkers never entered my mind.
It is true that the Swedes customarily exhibit symptoms of heavy drinking--their wild warlike rampages of looting and plundering Europe--but I always thought that was their temperament, not their alcohol; I assumed (apparently incorrectly) Swedes are just that way, naturally.
It is peculiar; when looking at the history of Nebraska, the Norway of America, where the largest ethnic minority is Scandinavian, but of those Scandinavians, 99% appear to be of Danish descent, it was the Danes in Nebraska during circa 1890-1920 who provided the most manpower for the Prohibitionist movement.