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HAMMERFEST , the most See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

TOWN

town in See also:

EUROPE

Europe. Pop. (1900) 2300. It is situated on an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island (Kvalo) off the N.W. See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

Norway, in Finmarken amt (See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county), in 70° 40' 11'' N., the See also:

LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude being that of the extreme See also:

north of See also:

ALASKA

Alaska. Its position affords the best See also:

ILLUSTRATION

illustration of the warm See also:

CLIMATIC

climatic See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the north-eastward, See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift, the mean See also:

ANNUAL

annual temperature being 36° F. (See also:

JANUARY

January 31°, See also:

JULY

July 57°). Hammerfest is 674 M. by See also:

sea N.E. of See also:

TRONDHJEM, or THRONDHJEM (sometimes written in the German form Drontheim)

Trondhjem, and 78 S.W. from the North Cape. The See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of this coast differs from the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern, the islands being fewer and larger, and of table shape. The narrow strait Strommen separates Kvalo from the larger Seiland, whose See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-covered hills with several glaciers rise above 3500 ft., while an insular rampart of mountains, Soro, protects the strait and See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour from the open sea. The town is See also:

TIMBER

timber-built and See also:

MODERN

modern; and the' See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

church, town-See also:

hall, and See also:

SCHOOLS

schools were all rebuilt after See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 189o. There is also a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic church. The See also:

sun does not set at Hammerfest from the 13th of May to the 29th of July.

This is the busy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of the towns-folk. Vessels set out to the See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries, as far as See also:

SPITSBERGEN (the name being Dutch is incorrectly, though commonly, spelled Spitzbergen)

Spitsbergen and the Kara Sea; and See also:

trade is brisk, not only See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian and Danish but See also:

BRITISH

British, See also:

German and particularly See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian vessels engaging in it. See also:

COD

Cod-See also:

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver oil and salted See also:

fish are exported with some See also:

REINDEER

reindeer-skins, See also:

fox-skins and eiderdown; and See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

salt for curing are imported. In the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring the See also:

GREAT

great herds of tame reindeer are driven out to swim Strommen and graze in the summer pastures of Seiland; towards See also:

winter they are called See also:

home again. From the 18th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November to the 23rd of January the sun is not seen, and the enforced quiet of winter prevails. Electric See also:

LIGHT

light was introduced in the town in 1891.

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