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Fishing nets
The production of salt fish dates back over 1000 years in Norway and the fish has become a main ingredient in Mediterranean, West African,…
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The Lofoten Wall
The five largest islands of Lofoten form the great Lofoten Wall. As the fishers came sailing northwards every year for the cod season in…
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Fishing boats in the harbour in Lofoten, Norway
The cod in Lofoten has become a tourist attraction in its own right. In March or April of every year, the World Championship in…
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Maintenance of fishing nets, Lofoten
Lofoten is home to around 24,500 people for whom the traditional practice of cod fishing and production of stockfish dates back over 1000 years…
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Fishing boats in the harbour in Lofoten, Norway
Lofoten is home to around 24,500 people for whom the traditional practice of cod fishing and production of stockfish dates back over 1000 years…
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View over Skrova, Lofoten
This 3.8 square kilometre island is home to about 200 people. Ellingsen Seafood has its facilities located on Skrova and produces about 15.000 metric…
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Swimming in front of the remains of former Whaling Station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Tourist ships regularly visit Whalers Bay/Deception Island, where tourists can study the remains and history of Antarctic whaling. The station of the Norwegian Hektor…
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Eyeball of a Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), whale slaughtering island off Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer…
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Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer…
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Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer…
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Remains from the Norwegian Whaling Station on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Antarctic whaling began on a large scale in 1904 with the building of a whale processing station at Grytviken, South Georgia. A number of…
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Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer…