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The steamer now steers through the Gimsøsund to Gimse, and
returns to Stamsund on the Vestvaagø, with the Himmeltinder and
the imposing promontory of llrebjerg. Near Balstad, on the small
island of that name on the Napstrem, rise the Skotstinder. —
Thence we sail to Sund, on the rapid Sundstrøm, which separates
Flakstadø from Moskenæsø. On the S. coast of the former, near
Sund, there is a hay called Kvalvig (‘whale creek’), where
numerous whales are caught annually. Entering the hay at flood tide, the
whales find themselves unahle to turn in the narrow space, and so
are compelled to swim on, until they are left stranded by the
ebbtide. Travellers by this route are almost sure to have an
opportunity of seeing whales at some point. — From Sund we sail by
Reine to —
Moskenas, the principal village, with the church, of the large
Moskenæsø. To the S. of it is the famous Malstrøm, a cataract
formed like the Saltstrøm (see p. 241) by the pouring of the tide
through a narrow strait, but inferior to it in grandeur. It assumes
a most formidable appearance, however, when on the occasion of
a spring-tide the wind happens to be contrary and disturbs the
regular flow of the water. The worst part of the Malstrøm
(‘grinding stream’) is at a deep sunken ridge between the Lofotodden
(the S. promontory of the Moskenæsø) and the Høgholmer (‘hawk
islands’), called the Horgan, where the sea seethes and foams
angrily at almost all states of the tide.
The little island of Mosken to the S. of the Malstrøm gives it
the alternative name of Moskenstrøm. The most southerly islands
of any size in the Lofoden chain are Værø, with a parsonage and
a church, transferred hither from Vaage in 1799, containing an
altar-shrine with reliefs in alabaster, and the flat and populous
island otRøst, 4M. to the S.W., in a very lonely and open situation.
Rest possesses a small church, but the ‘Præst’lives in the Værø.
The climate of all these islands is so mild that the sheep pass the
winter in the open air, whence they are known as TJdgangsfaare.
The Vesteraaeen Steamer (Line B) steers to the E. from
Svolvær, passing Brettesnas and Digermulen, into the *Raftsund,
the last of the Lofoden Strøme, separating the Østvaagø from the
Hindø, an island 860 Engl. sq. M. in area. At the S.W. extremity
of Hindø lies Digermulen (steamb. stat.), at the entrance to the
Itaftsund, into which the vessel now steers. The scenery here is
very fine, especially at the point where the Troldfjord diverges to
the left. ■
At the N. end of the Raftsund lies Hanø (good
accommodation), on the small island of that name. — The steamer then crosses
the Hadselfjord (passing the Møsadelen, which rises in the Hindø to
a height of 3600 ft.) to Melbo in the pleasant Ullvø, from which a
view of the open Arctic Ocean is obtained. Skirting this island,
we next touch at —
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