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A VISIT TO THE NORTH CAPE AND NORWAY. Feb., 1891 . 
and Trolltindern, that stand one on each side of the valley, 
towering up to heights of 5,000ft. and 6,000ft. Then to the 
Geiranger Fjord, and the beautiful Seven Sisters’ Waterfalls, 
and to the Brixdal Glacier ; then up the great Sogne Fjord, 
which extends 110 miles inland from the sea, to Laerdalsoren, 
Jostedal, and the Nigaards Brae Glacier. Then through 
Naero Fjord and Naerodal to Eide and the great Yoringsfos 
Waterfall, and on to Odde, Brixdal Glacier, and the Gorsvingane 
Pass at 8,500ft. elevation, returning by the Hardanger Fjord to 
Bergen. 
A remarkable circumstance to be noticed in Norway is the 
very exceptional mildness of the climate, notwithstanding its 
extreme northerly position ; all the other countries of the 
world in the same latitude as the northern portion of Norway, 
are permanently frozen up all the year with snow-covered 
glaciers ; but in Norway, the harbour even of Hammerfest, 
which is close to the North Cape, is never frozen. This is 
entirely due to the extraordinary warming power of the Gulf 
Stream, which emerges from the Gulf of Mexico at a tem¬ 
perature as high as 84°, crosses the Atlantic in a gigantic 
stream 800 miles wide and near a quarter of a mile in thick¬ 
ness, flowing at a speed of about two miles an hour, and then 
strikes upon the coast of Norway, flowing all along the coast 
past the North Cape, where it discharges itself into the Arctic 
Ocean ; having given off in its course 52° of heat, the differ¬ 
ence between 32° in the Arctic Ocean and 84° on leaving the 
Gulf of Mexico. 
Description of the Slides. 
1. —Norge steamer on landing at Bergen from Newcastle. 
2. —Bergen fish market; the fish is sold direct from the boats, which 
are drawn up alongside the quay. 
3. —Another view of Bergen fish market, showing the crowd of people 
on the quay bargaining with the fishermen. 
4. —Bergen harbour warehouses, wooden buildings carried out into the 
harbour upon piles, so that the boats can get alongside of the 
warehouses. 
5. —The quay, Bergen harbour, showing the row of curious hand 
cranes, “ Vippebom,” consisting of a light spar slung upon a 
mast, the short end of the spar projecting over the boat and 
carrying a sling, and the long outer end having a rope by which 
it is hauled down by hand, lifting up the goods out of the boat. 
6. —Bergen market boats; at one part of the market is a special quay, 
with a number of boats lying alongside close together, which have 
come in from various farms along the coast of the fjord, laden 
with market produce, vegetables, fruit, poultry, and eggs, and 
also some with crockery and wood furniture, &c. ; the boats are 
covered with temporary wood roofs, and converted into regular 
shops or market stalls, and the customers step on and off from 
the quay ; a very singular sight. 
7. —Trimming cod in Bergen fish market. The sun-dried fish are 
landed upon the wharf from boats and stacked in sheds, where 
