The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
wHrRLpooLs OF NORWAY.
Description of the strange Absorbing
Power of the Sea.

1t is common mistake to suppose that
the maeIstrom on the coast of Norway is
caused by the Gulf Stream meeting q cold
stream from the pole. No polar stream,
with icebergs and polar bears, comes down
by the Norwegian shore, breaking with the
warm stream from the South. The Gulf
Streams current is so quiet that it is hardly
noticed, except by the degree Of heat, which
is easily observed by anybody, as the stream
does not run into the long bays, and the
water there is so cold that one can hardly
bathe in the warmest summer time, while
people can, without being prostratSd by the
cold, take a swim between the ocean rocks
in shallow water, while the sun constantly
shines.
The maelstrom there are several of them)
exist in the mouths of the narrow bays and
ara caused by the tide. Norway cannot, in
faet, DO called a country with mountains,
bat is one big mountain with deep ravines,
and from the Swedish border in the south
around the whole shore to the extreme
north, and down to The Russian border, the
ocean is forced into these ravinos, which
along the shere are called fjords (baysl and
IN the interior countries, valleys Though
these are the only places where people can
e'ses Aesh sSsseS ~ thss mountains are often
50 stesP EAss i Is Impossible 10 Rnd place
tex 4 soekAeAs aaa sAs water eoMmaniea-
sses 3 the eely ore between aeis;AboSs living
syea ea the saAae SIDE,
As she sAeze AID eat IA The ocean there
exists 9 border Of sslRRas aad rocks 10 the
breadth Of sale6y e. Forty miles, wAieA IS
called the seek fence, and spaaaa . protection
gallash the Ocean Rha steamship hee aloas
be whole shore hes 4astle Ut tals sock seaee.
KAafa taless Is, alaeaSs comparatively ssaesskh
aesies, asaa il tslse ssa b sess sAsoag. la
seufQ Rl.Qes a1is Raeh lsaee is broken. aaa
ban there - a bard tes. aad the sseaaaers
often BIZ weabheH-beaad ser days u seeA
PlAees, wihaeas being abb 70 PASS even
snort distance
The hlsgest AMI best kaosa et the sa.aeas
sreas - In the month u the Salsea ford.
aeens 5 AaREared Halhes above the Arctic
elrcie Salsea aas length es sixty miles.
aa3 $ aoes thaa usually wide, while as the
Ea0ash the mountains crowd together and
leave oaly nArrow sound hardly = mile
wide, and in the middle If this sound lies
IN island inhabited by some fishermen and
trader. who Are Obliged 10 take in travel
lers, as there are no hotels nor inns except
N the cities and the more densely populated
districts. Through these two narrow sounds
IN 10th Sid.s nf tl,ss ,Si.,,i Sh., ,,.,4. - A.
ocean must pass in and out every time the
tide rises and falls. The broadcast of the
passes is hardly half mile wide At full
tide and full ebb the sounds during sil
hours are just as quiet as the rest of the
ford. Lively fishing then goes ON, and the
whole sound swarms with boats.
When the tide begins to flow or ebb then
the water, little by little, forms into small
circles two or three yards apart. Within a
few minutes the circles grow so large that
holes in the middle are shaped like deep
kettles that would turn the boats violently
around but directly the boats disappear as
if blown away. and the sound is entirely left
to the fishes and birds, which are not alarm.
ed at the growing circles of the water, but
continue their noisy loneliness. Within a
short timo the whole sound will seem like
one boiling mass of foam, shiny and white,
with flying spray. This continues for sill
hours, till full flow or full ebb, when it
again becomes quiet.
About six years ago it happened that two
fishermen, who were late in coming to the
shore, were caught and drawn down and
Immediately carried up again further out in
the bay-the men, the boat and the fishing
tackle all at the same place. The men were
still alive and were saved by other fisher
men,