#langøya

[transgenderer]

Undersea sensors off the coast of northern Norway that are able to collect data about passing submarines, among other things, have been knocked out, the country’s state-operated Institute of Marine Research, or IMR, has revealed. The cause of the damage is unknown, but the cables linking the sensor nodes to control stations ashore are said to have been cut and then disappeared. This has raised suspicions about deliberate sabotage, possibly carried out by the Russian government, which definitely has the means to do so.

The IMR, one of the biggest marine research institutes in Europe, described “extensive damage” to the outer areas of the Lofoten-Vesterålen (LoVe) Ocean Observatory, putting the system offline. LoVe, which was only declared fully operational in August 2020, consists of a network of underwater cables and sensors located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, an area of strategic interest for both Norway and Russia.

Norway’s military and the country’s national Police Security Service are reportedly investigating what happened to the research surveillance system. LoVe’s stated purpose is to use its sensors to monitor the effects of climate change, methane emissions, and fish stocks, providing scientists with a live feed of imagery, sound, and other data.

Norway’s military and the country’s national Police Security Service are reportedly investigating what happened to the research surveillance system. LoVe’s stated purpose is to use its sensors to monitor the effects of climate change, methane emissions, and fish stocks, providing scientists with a live feed of imagery, sound, and other data.

Of course, the system also monitors submarine activity in the area, so will immediately be of interest to the Russian Navy, in particular. Indeed, data gathered by its sensors is first sent to the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, also known by its Norwegian acronym FFI, before being handed over to the IMR for further study. “FFI is believed to routinely remove traces of any submarine activity in the area before turning over the observatory’s data to IMR so that it only contains fishing, currents, and climate information,” according to a report from Norway’s News in English website. 

Based on reports in the Dagens Næringsliv, the LoVe observatory has been affected by interference since at least April, when the connection between the sensor network and the control station at Hovden on the northern island of Langøya was lost. An unmanned submarine subsequently traced the cause of the breakdown to one of the underwater surveillance platforms, Node 2, which had been dragged away from its normal location with its connecting cable severed and removed.

Rogne told Dagens Næringsliv that the size and weight of the cable running between Nodes 2 and 3 was so great it would have required something with considerable power to have severed it.

IMR’s Øystein Brun told the same newspaper that the institute was now assessing whether the cables were cut deliberately, but suggested that seems the most likely explanation since the crew of a vessel should have noticed if they had accidentally become entangled with them and would likely have reported it.

It’s also unclear what has happened to the missing cable, around 9.5 tons in all, which has not been recovered.

[daily-coat-of-arms]

Hadsel, Vesterålen, Nordland,Norway (March 11, 1976-Today)

The blue represents the sea. The four rings represent the four islands that make up the municipality: Hadseløya, Austvågøya, Hinnøya. And Langøya.

[mr-bigdaddy]

Loki sat on the bank of the Menai, staring blankly at the space in front of him. The evening breeze brought the smell of salt and fish - fishermen were unloading their nets somewhere nearby, making him think of Straume, where everyone knew each other. It was his last day here, and tomorrow a new chapter of his life would begin - his studies at Hogwarts. But how and when his life had turned in such a direction, Loki still couldn't understand. His family had moved to the UK when he was nine years old, and since then his life had changed forever. He lost his native language, his friends, his world, and felt like a prisoner: alone in a strange place, surrounded by misunderstanding. His family quickly blended into the magical society of Wales, but not Loki. It was as if he remained on the periphery of both society and life. Squibs were never a part of the magical community nor of the Muggle community, and always felt like outsiders. They could have been a bridge between the two worlds, but found themselves a bridge to nowhere. Stuck in uncertainty and rejection, like ghosts who can't find their place among either the living or the dead. His parents had once hoped that once he enrolled at Hogwarts he would find himself, that his magical abilities would finally manifest themselves. But time passed, and he still hadn't discovered his gift for magic. Perplexity was replaced by disappointment, disappointment by shame, shame by fear. And now the letter he had read was in his pocket, his things were packed, and Loki didn't know what to do. It seemed to him that the whole thing was some strange evil joke, and he felt himself a fraud. But even amidst this shroud of doubt and fear, Loki was hopeful. His ambition and his thirst for knowledge were his driving force. He knew he had to prove to the world that he was worthy of being a wizard. The best of wizards. And only then could he prove something to himself. It was the only way he would find his place in this world where he had felt lost for so long. Loki fumbled in his pocket for his Hogwarts invitation and took it out and twirled it in his hands thoughtfully. He felt unprepared for this challenge, but he knew he couldn't stay in the shadows any longer. His attraction to magic was his light in this dark uncertainty. Taking one last look at the letter, Loki returned it to his pocket and decided on his next step. Today he closes one chapter of his life, but tomorrow he begins a new one.

Name: Loki Odinson

Age: 15

Faculty: Slytherin

Time: Late 19th century

⫸ Biography: Loki was born and lived in the village of Straume on the island of Langøya (Vesterålen Archipelago) in Norway. His father was head of the Division of Magical Population Regulation and Control of the Norwegian Ministry of Magic. The department was headquartered in the village of Straume itself, as Jotun activity had been growing in the commune for several decades, eventually leading to open conflict with the local mages, and the department was forced to set up its base there.

When Loki was 9 years old, his family moved rather suddenly to the UK, to the town of Carnarvon in Wales. This sudden change of scenery affected the child greatly, and he became more withdrawn and uncommunicative.

His parents hoped that the magical school and socialising with similarly slightly lost freshers would make his adjustment easier. But his parents' hopes were dashed when the invitation to Hogwarts never came. Of course, they noticed that despite his age, their son's magical abilities hadn't manifested themselves once, but they considered it a temporary phenomenon - the result of prolonged stress, and assured themselves that many wizards don't discover their abilities until they enter school.

The attitude of magical society towards squibs has always been prejudiced. Wizards have historically looked down on them, and often this attitude has permeated into the families where a squib was born. Loki's family, fortunately for him, was an exception, but still chose to hide this fact from other wizards.

A sharp turn in his fate still happened when Loki turned fifteen. Suddenly, a professor from Hogwarts came to their home and informed them that the Headmaster had sent him to help a student who had enrolled late to catch up on his work. Of course first came the enrolment letter that warned of the professor's arrival, however, Loki, who had long considered magic school an unattainable dream, did not believe in the authenticity of the letter, mistaking it for another of his brother's jokes.

⫸ Hobbies: Although Loki's magical abilities did not manifest at an early age, he was always drawn to magic and enthusiastically studied his older brother's schoolbooks. His passion became magic theory and magical research. Loki is convinced that wizards pay too little attention to this aspect of magic.

⫸ Character: Loki is reserved and introverted with a sharp mind and tactical thinking.

After enrolling at Hogwarts, Loki was faced with a new reality that only increased his insecurities and low self-esteem. He saw peers around him with developed magical talents, many of which had manifested since childhood, that it made him feel inferior and second-rate. In response to this, Loki developed excessive ambition, ego, and vanity.

Loki tends to avoid socialising with other students unless he senses a kindred spirit in them.

⫸ Distinguishing Characteristics, Skills, Abilities: Loki has a talent for transfiguration and has a special relationship with telekinesis and ice-related magic - he is able to use such spells without a wand or verbal component. However, he hides these abilities heavily.

[pasrud]

#langøytangenfyr #langøya #langesund #telmark #grenland #lighthouse #x100v #fujifilm (at Langøytangen Lighthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfmnxa5L2bT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[zwergpirat]

Da lag noch dieses Bild von Nyksund auf Langøya auf meiner Festplatte.

[propelluft]

🌬 Fiskehjell. Der er på slike tørrfisk blir til. Usaltet fisk, ofte torsk, henges opp og tørkes naturlig av sola og vinden. En eldgammel konserveringsmetode fra lenge før fryseren. Ordet torsk kommer faktisk av det gammelnorske ordet turskr som betyr nettop turrfiskr (tørrfisk). . 🌬ENG: A fish flake. This is where traditional stockfish are made. Unsalted fish, especially cod, are hung up and dried cold air and the wind. The stockfish retains all the nutrients from the fresh fish, only concentrated . . . . #Norge #MøreOgRomsdal #Averøy #Langøya #Honningsøy #turglede #visitnorway #norgestoppen #lory_norway #mittvestland #friskeopplevelser #gooutside #norgeidag #mittnorge #komdegut #kystenvår #3iuka #fiskehjell #tørrfisk #neverstopexploring #norgefoto #norgesbilder #utno #mittfriluftsliv #mittnorge #naturelovers #norgestoppen #stedervielsker #norsketurbilder #norskfriluftsliv (ved Honningsøya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE2VuFasAaA/?igshid=amo7mmfminkb

[ursusfotografie]

Kurz vor Sonnenuntergang haben wir einen Küstenabschnitt mit diesen kachelartigen Eisformationen angetroffen. Die Küsten und Fjorde von Norwegen sind durch den Einfluss des warmen Golfstrom nie gefroren und nur in seichtem Wasser am Ufer entlang gefriert das Wasser. #landscapephotography #landscape #landscapelovers #landscape_captures #sunset #norway #norway🇳🇴 #norwaynature #langøya #sea #instagood #instadaily #travel #outdoor #outdoorphotography @visitnorway @norway2day @norway.png @visitvesteralen @vesteralen @norgebilder.no @norge @nikonswitzerland @nikonnorge @gitzoswitzerland @nisiswitzerland @nisiglobal (hier: Langøya) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZfcKEAp3s/?igshid=kyeiwuo1yers

[dragonfang-photography]

Only about 100m below the summit now. Bit more hiking on rocks, and then a short jaunt across a glacier to get to the top.

The peaks along the mountain range at image centre are, from nearest to farthest: Blankbergan, Blokktindan, two peaks with no names that I can find, Fuglen, Rødsandheia.

The fjord in the background is Hadselfjorden, specifically Sortlandsundet. The tiiiny bit of lake just barely visible below and right of image centre past the foreground boulders is the north tip of Fjerde Fiskfjordvatnet. Just below and left of image centre is a sliver of Tredje Fiskfjordvatnet, and just to the left of that is visible a small bit of the eastern arm of Andre Fiskefjordvatnet. Yes, there is also a Første Fistefjordvatnet, but it’s hidden behind the mountain on the left. There is a hint of Mellom Blokkvatnet peeking out below the cloud cover to the right.

The island across the fjord is Langøya, with Sortlandbrua, the bridge connecting Langøya and Hinnøya, very faintly visible right of image centre.

[infrastructure-weeks]

Brucks: the sporks among road vehicles

Brucks, combinations of buses and trucks also known as passenger freighters carrying both passengers and freight, have existed in different parts of the world for various reasons. 

The topmost image shows a GN 101 built by Kenworth Motor Truck of Seattle, custom built for the Great Northern Railway to replace an unprofitable railway in the countryside of Montana. The bruck ran for 20 years between 1951 in 1971 between Whitefish and Kalispell about six times daily, and was able to carry 20 passengers and seven tons of freight with 220 horsepower. 11 other similar brucks were constructed, all used in Montana.

Already before that, brucks had however been built in Canada. New Flyer Industries of Winnipeg was the first company to do so in 1943 and can also be credited with the invention of the word. Like in the US, brucks in Canada were also popular as replacements for small railways as a more profitable means of transport. They were widely liked and many dozens were built and delivered to different clients.

The second image from top shows a simple bruck from the 1930s in Finland that operated on the Rovaniemi-Petsamo route. Between the world wars, brucks, known as seka-auto or “mix car” were used by transport companies, dairies and large farms.

The third image shows a model created by the Norwegian manufacturer Anco  by modifying a 1937 Chevrolet, used on Langøya by the local transport agency. In Norway brucks have had a much more enduring popularity. In the 90s dozens were still in use, combining the functions of a regular bus, a school bus, and a truck transporting workers or freight on some routes in one vehicle. A typical kombinertbuss or kombibuss, as they are called in Norwegian (bokmål), could carry 25 passengers and 4,4 tons freight.

The fourth image shows an example of the mid-century Swedish variant of brucks. The pictured example is from 1965 and shows a vehicle based on a Mercedes-Benz LPO322, however the first brucks were in use as early as 1949 and played an important part when it came to transport in the northern part of the country. The mail service, having at that point been running the biggest regional bus line network for decades already, used them to transport more mailbags, packages in addition to regular passengers and workers.

Transport of goods was growing in the region in general, especially from farmers delivering their milk to large dairies, buses in the region (operated by the mail service) were often lengthened to be able to carry additional freight. These vehicles were called skvader, the name of a mythical winged hare that was first claimed to have been seen in 1874. However, when tank trucks began to be used in the 1970s, the skvader began to disappear. The last trip was made in June 2005.

The fifth image shows a modern-day Swedish bruck, a 2003 model from Helmark based on a Scania K124EB. The term now normally used is godsbuss or kombibuss. They are still used to carry freight in northern Sweden, and the service can be ordered online.

Read more:

RD McDonald: Great Northern's "Budd" (oil-electric.com, August 12, 2009)

Murray Lundberg: Canadian Coachways' Custom "Bruck" Bus-Truck (ExploreNorth.com)

Finn Borgen Førsund: Transport mellom fjordar. Firda billag 1920-1995 (1995, in Norwegian)

K8.se: Skvader '57 - Historien (in Swedish)

Erik Hamberg: Postens diligenstrafikunder 1900-talet (Postmuseum.se, 2004, in Swedish)

Alex Boese: The Tall-Tale Creature Gallery. Skavder (hoaxes.org)

Sundsvall Tidning: Sista rutten med mjölkbussen Skvadern gick i går (June 16, 2005, in Swedish)

Official website of a Swedish company offering freight transport using brucks (in Swedish)

Image sources, with additional information:

Topmost image: akampfer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Second image from top: Unknown author, Public Domain, via the magazine Mobilisti 1/2009 and Wikimedia Commons

Third image from top: Alf Schrøder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Fourth image from top: Henrik Sendelbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bottom image: Øyvind Berg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[nordkap2021]

Tag 65: Risøyhamn -> Sildpollnes

Sonntag, 11. Juli 2021

Wir setzen heute das Inselhopping fort. Es weht ein kühler und kräftiger Wind aus Nordost. Es wird den ganzen Tag trocken bleiben und die Berge werden besser sichtbar.

Gleich nach Risøyhamn fahren wir über eine Brücke hinüber nach Langøya und dann die Westküste nach Süden. Über eine Bogenbrücke erreichen wir das Städtchen Sortland auf der Insel Hinnøya. Da es gerade Mittagszeit ist, gehen wir in einen Imbiss, wo schon die zwei Schweizer Radler essen. Wir setzen uns dazu und ich esse eine Pizza mit Pommes und Schinken. Kalorienreicher geht es gar nicht mehr.

Der Wind schiebt uns die Küste hinunter und wir genießen die Ausblicke auf die vielen gezackten Berge in der Ferne. Über eine weitere Bogenbrücke kommen wir über die kleine Insel Børøya auf Hadseløya. 

Auf einem kleinen Strässchen umrunden wir die Insel fast vollständig entlang der Westküste. Von hier kann man schon zu den Lofoten hinüber blicken. 

Am Fährkai staunen wir nicht schlecht, als wir das norwegische Pärchen wieder treffen, das uns hinauf zum Nordkap- Plateau begleitet hat.

Vom Fährhafen auf den Lofoten radeln wir noch 20 km quer über die Insel zu einem Campingplatz, wo wir warm duschen und Wäsche waschen. Wunderschöne Bergkulissen begleiten uns.

130 km in 6,75 Std.

Insgesamt 5.522 km in 348,75 Std.

[dietmar-to-scandinavia-2021]

Vesterålen / Dorsch

Heute Nachmittag bin ich auf die Halbinsel Langøya nordwestlich von Sortland gefahren, um zwei Fischerdörfer Nykvåg und Hovden am äußersten Zipfel zu sehen. Die Gegend ist bekannt für den Dorschfang, die im Winter stattfindet. Der Dorsch kommt im Winter aus dem weiten Atlantik hierher um in großen Mengen zu laichen. Diese Rhythmus der saisonalen Dorschfischerei wiederholt sich seit Jahrhunderten. Das geht bekanntermaßen zurück bis ins 12 Jhdt, wo die armen Saisonfischer mit ihren kleinen Booten im Winter naß vom Fischfang unter Ihren umgedrehten Booten campierten. König Øystein ließ damals viele kleine Fischerhäuser („Rorbuer“) für die armen Kerle bauen, die noch heute das Bild speziell der Lofoten prägt. Viele von den Fischern verschlang auch das stürmische Meer. Das muß ein wirklich hartes Leben gewesen sein!

Der Dorsch wird nach dem Fang der Kopf abgetrennt und dann 3 Monate in der trockenen winterlichen Luft auf Holzgestellen getrocknet und somit lange haltbar gemacht. Er wird überwiegend nach Italien und afrikanische Länder exportiert. D.h. den aufgehängten Fisch kann man nur im Winter sehen, aber die getrockneten Köpfe hängen noch immer. Laut aktueller Info von Klaus Rösch gehen diese überwiegend in afrikanische Länder, vor allem Nigeria, und stehen dort auf dem Speiseplan.

Im ersten Dorf war vor allem die Mövenpopulation interessant, die einem schon am Eingang mit ihrem Geschrei willkommen heißen. Doch mehr interessierte sie ein Fischerboot, das gerade seinen Fang verarbeitete und Innereien und Köpfe über Bord warf.

https://fromnorway.com/seafood-from-norway/stockfish/

[alluneedissunshine]

Langøya, Vesterålen, Norway by Marnix Van Marcke Via Flickr: Sunset on the Vesterålen. I used a long exposure to get the contrast between the beautiful sky and the calm sea

[destinorway]

Destination Vesterålen #Repost @wanderlus.tinus ・・・ "We're going back, it's too cloudy over there", said 2 other hikers soon after @w.an.derlust and I started hiking the intensive 16k Dronningruta ('Queen's Route', named after Her Majesty Queen Sonja who first did this hike in 1994) on the Vesterålen island of Langøya in Northern Norway. Since we had no other opportunity to do this hike we continued and this turned out to be the right choice: once we were above the clouds we got rewarded with these amazing views! In 2015 this route was named one of the top 10 most spectacular hiking trails in Norway by @visitnorway, I can see why! #dronningruta #langøya #vesterålen #norway #visitnorthernnorway #hike #hikersofinstagram #hikinglife #cloudy #abovetheclouds #choice #reward #amazing #views #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscape_captures #wanderlust #wanderlusting #explore #traveladdict #travel #travelphotography #travelpics #travelingram #mountainlovers #welivetoexplore #welcometonature

[pasrud]

#langøytangenfyr #langøya #langesund #lighthouse #x100v #fujifilm (at Langøytangen Lighthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmnWumLLTN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jonasherm]

Good morning from Langøya, such a beautiful day! I survive yesterday, still kicking! (ved Fredrikstad) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd7KCJFILcQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[super-fostr]

It’s a love story • • • • • #norway #ocean #norge #bnw #bw #visitnorway #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #water #mittnorge #bnw_society #bnw_captures #ilovenorway #bnw_life #utno #bw_lover #bestofnorway #coast #horizon #norgefoto #blackandwhitephoto #bnw_planet #bw_photooftheday #bw_society #bw_crew #noir #monochromatic #bnw_demand #langesund #langøya (ved Langesund, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn3ubgVgeyn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ftwxff8yr0uj