 In August 2008 author and columnist Angus Whitson and Andrew Orr of the Montrose Bamse Project published a new book, "Sea Dog Bamse".The book charts Bamse's lifefrom prewar days in Honningsvåg, through the five years of war, until his heartfelt death.Using extensive source material and new eyewitness accounts, it relates stories of the Hafto family, the Norwegian Campaign, the minesweeper "Thorodd" and its crew, the naval war off East Scotland, and the bonds between the Norwegians and the Scots are threaded together.