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(1889) [MARC] Author: Karl Baedeker
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The precipitousness of Lovunden, the summit of which appears to
overhang the water, has given rise to the saying —

‘Se! hvordan han luder den gamle Lovund!’

(■See how it overhangs, the ancient Lovund’.)

Another saying is —

‘Hestemanden tute, Lovunden lute, og Trenen er længere ute.’
(‘The Hestmand blows his horn, the Lovund overhangs, and the
Thren lies farther out.’)

See Peter Pass, ‘Samlede Skrifter’; Kristania, 1874; vol. i., p. 94.

Lovimdeti and Threnen are inhabited by fishermen only. On
one of the latter group of islands there is a church, where the
pastor of Lure occasionally performs divine service. These islands
may be visited from the station Indre Kvare, but the passage of
the Threnfjord is often rough.

The Arctic Circle (66° 30Q, which we now cross, passes through
the islands of Threnen and a little to the S. of the Hestmande.
The steamboat traverses the Stegfjord, the passage between the
Lure on the left and Alderen on the right, and we soon come in
sight of the *Hestmand«r (1750 ft.), which is perhaps the most
interesting island in this archipelago To the right, on a projecting
peninsula of the mainland, lies —

31 Kil. (19^2 Engl. M.) Indre Kvarø, a lonely place, from which
visits maybe paid to the Melfjord(see below), the Lure, Lovunden,
Threnen, and the Hestmand. The ‘horseman’s island’, seen from
the W., resembles a rider with a long cloak falling over his horse
(see the legend mentioned at p. 233). The summit is said to be
inaccessible, but an attempt to reach it might be made from Guard
Hestmoen on the S. side of the island. The view from it must be
very grand, as even that from the ridge below the head of the
horseman embraces the whole of the archipelago and the imposing
Svartisen on the mainland. Those who visit the Lure should
ascend the mountain (2110 ft.; *View) at the back of Gaarden Lure,
which lies il/o Engl. M. from the harbour.

Magnificent as the scenery has hitherto been, it is far surpassed
by that of the *Svartisen, which the steamer now skirts for several
miles. This part of the voyage appears to greatest advantage when
performed at night, so that passengers have an opportunity of
observing the effects of the midnight sun. Svartisen is an enormous mantle
of snow and ice, resembling the Jostedalsbræ and the Folgefond,
about 35 Engl. M. in length and 10 M. in breadth, and covering
a mountain-plateau upwards of 4000 ft. in height, from which
protrude a few Nuter or Knolde (‘peaks’, ‘knolls’). From this plateau
descend numerous glaciers to within a few hundred feet of the sea,
those extending farthest down being in the Holandsfjord (p. 239).
The westernmost spur of this almost unknown region is the
promontory of Kunnen (p. 239), which extends far into the sea.

10 Kil. (6 Engl. M.) Selsevig, (telegraph-station), to the right
of which is the Rangsunde, with the Melfjord and its grand
mountains beyond it.

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