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CHAPTER IX.
Suggestion for a new series of fortnightly Arctic expeditions — How
ordinary tourists may reach as high latitudes as were attained by
the ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ — Scientific advantages of such
expeditions — Trondhjem again — Changes in Norwegian hotels —
Norwegian cutlery — The “tollkniv,” and its many uses — “Skaal”
— A classical saturnalia — Emulating the Vikings — A railway that
may propitiate Ruskin — Splendid railway panorama — A plea for
common-sense railways in England.
Before leaving this the Arctic section of our trip
I have a suggestion to offer, which I hope may
“meet the eye” of some enterprising Tromsöite
or others whom it may concern. It is that every
season a suitable vessel be equipped for special
trips in the Arctic Ocean, following the course of
the Gulf Stream to the northernmost limits of open
water between Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya.
The course that appears to me the most desirable
is to start either from Tromsö or Hammerfest,
follow the coast round the North Cape to
Nordkyn, in order that tourists may see the noble
headlands that form the Arctic boundaries of Europe,
and the marvellous cloud of sea birds at Sverholt
Klubben; then the vessel should steer due north,
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