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- ↑ http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/08/13/tema/helse/kosthold/mat/ernering/12945921/ Kristoffer (33) lived from what he could find in nature for a whole year
- ↑ http://www.envillmann.no/ The project's homepage
- ↑ http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/09/14/nyheter/kristoffer_clausen/bloff/villmark/bok/18119602/ Kristoffer (34) tricked Norway into believing he lived a year in the wilderness
- ↑ http://www.jaktogdvd.no/ Clausen's company "Jakt og DVD"
- ↑ fieldsportschannel, fieldsportschannel. "Kristoffer Clausen eats a fox". fieldsportschannel.tv. Retrieved 29 October 2012.