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Mediterranean and other ports of southern Europe.
It should be understood that the agriculture of the
glacier farms which I have described is merely a
supplementary source of subsistence to the hardy
Arctic Norsemen. A little grass, some potatoes,
and in favoured spots a patch or two of oats or
rye, is all the harvest of the land. That of the
sea is abundant, and affords employment and
subsistence to upwards of 160,000 persons. The value
of the fish exported amounts to about 2,250,000l.
annually.

VARDÖ.

Two of the storehouses for fish and oil, with
their platforms in front, are shown on the
right-hand side of the above engraving of the port of
Vardö. The suburban market gardens are not

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