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The North Cape: Pinnacle Of Europe from page 12 It was during was known as Knyskanes; he named it “North Cape,” a
this same period name that has stuck with it ever since.
Finnmark is the early name given to this northern tip t h a t R u ssi a n Tourism in the area began some 160 years ago. Since
of Europe. Some 8 to 10 thousand years ago the area was pirates sailed then, the biggest tourist draw hasn’t varied; it’s the
inhabited by people known as the Komsa. They survived the shore of rugged North Cape that attracts them. Lucky tourists
by fishing as well as hunting birds and seals. Today, on Finnmark, doing can experience the midnight sun, while others may find
some of the more remote islands, puffins form the poultry what pirates do themselves trapped in the ever-present fog.
element in the diet. It is believed that the culture migrated best. During one The steamship Prince Gustav started bringing passengers
to the tip of the land from southern Norway. such encounter to the North Cape on July 9, 1845. At the time, there wasn’t
The Lapp people have inhabited the area for about two some 50 pirates a paved road from the low end of the island on the south to
millennia. These nomads have grazed their domesticated came as hore the north side of the island. It took three to four hours to go
reindeer from one country to another, traveling with them and were in overland from Honnigsvåg. Energetic visitors looking to reach
and living off the land in skin-covered shelters. Three the process An Atlantic puffin with a fresh catch on the top more quickly chose to climb. They were tendered to
countries now divide the northern portion of Scandinavia of pillaging the island of Runde, Norway the shore at the north end of the island, where they began
(Norway, Sweden and Finland). Originally it was the Tunes when the the climb on paths and stairs that crisscrossed all the way up
Norwegians who took up residence on Mageroya, with brothers returned from fishing. Legend has it that the two the face of the mountain. In 1873, King Oscar II visited the
the Lapps roaming the mainland. However, over the last brothers killed 22 of the invaders and chased the others North Cape, which turned out to be great advertising for the
quarter century, the number of Lapp descendants who away. However, later they were waylaid by Russian pirates destination. Another prominent visitor was Louis-Philippe of
have shrugged off the nomadic lifestyle has increased to and brutally murdered. The tale ends with a claim that the Orleans, who sought refuge here in 1795 to avoid the French
over 10 percent of the island’s total population. silver halibut now hangs in a church in Moscow. Revolution. In 1875, Cook’s travel agency in London brought
Some 700 years ago the Norwegians started hunting Whaling became prevalent along the Artic Ocean the first tour group to the North Cape.
and trapping furs in Lapland. There is nothing to coast of Finnmark from 1600 to 1900. Ships from along Any visit to the North Cape should be coupled with time
substantiate exactly when they started to inhabit the the Atlantic coast countries sailed the area. The Basques spent below the Arctic Circle. Here you will find the genuine
area; a 13th century document is the only clue to dating introduced the pelagic style of hunting, wherein the beauty of Norway, in total contrast to its harsh pinnacle.
the Norwegians’ inhabitation of the area. It was relayed captured whale is tied to the side of the vessel and then Don Kiselewski writes from his personal experiences,
that a man named Tormod Andresson left his estate in sectioned into pieces that are brought on board, so that having traveled in 122 countries and cruised the oceans, seas
Honningsvåg to his daughter Ingrid. the oil can be boiled out on deck. This eliminated the and rivers of the world. Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders,
Between the 13th and 15th centuries, the Norwegians need for maintaining a whaling station on land. his family owned and operated agency, is located at Mirasol
and Russians made numerous attempts to expand their In 1553, three English ships led by Sir Hugh Willoughby Town Square, 11360 North Jog Road, Building A, Suite 102-6,
borders into the area. Finnmark was one of the early names left London on a discovery mission to find a northern route Palm Beach Gardens. The agency has been serving the travel
given to the area. It wasn’t until 1826 that the present day to China. The ships became separated in a storm and the needs of the South Florida area for over a quarter of a century.
borders between the countries were established. Edward Bonaventure, under Captain Richard Chancellor, Contact him at (561) 694-9696 or Aussie@PBGTravel.com.
An interesting folkloric legend (of both Lapp and sailed by an enormous cliff jutting out of the water that Photos by Don Kiselewski
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