Title: A Descent into the Maelstrom
First published: February 2, 2004
Description: "A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction.
Subjects: fiction, embedded narrative, mountaineering, whirlpools, vortex, Ratiocination, Fiction, general
Places: Lofoten, Norway
People: Jonas Danilssønn Ramus