THE ATLANTIC LANDSCAPE
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LARGE BODIES OF WATER NOT MIXING



Tropical squalls
Bilderesultat for tropical squall
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Tropical Squalls
•Sharp increase of wind
•Rain showers
•Sustained wind over a short time interval

The Saragassum – sea weed in the Atlantic attracts fish like the Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus)
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Bilderesultat

Ocean Currents – cold water in blue and warm water in red



Atlantic Winds
Bilderesultat for atlantic winds


Horse latitude (Explanations of the word)
•1. Dead horse ritual Seamen were paid in advance and often had periods without income “dead horse
time”. At the time of reaching Horse-latitudes they usually had worked off the dead horse and threw
overboard a stuffed horse.
•2. Alternative explanations is that ships transported horses becalmed at the latitude and due to
lack of water and feed could not keep the animals alive.
•3. A third explanation is the maritime expression of a ship being horsed in a certain direction by
wind and currents
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville 1819 – 1891) First Edition 1851
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Toilers of the Sea – Les Travailleurs de la Mer (1866) Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885)
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Sea Wolf (1904)  Jack London (1876 -1916)
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“Who hears the fishes when they cry?” asked Henry David Thoreau in 1839.
•Henry Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
•Walden (1854)
•Cape Cod (1865)
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Klassikeren Walden (1854) skrevet etter at forfatteren levde alene ved sjøen Walden i ett år
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The Vikig tales – the Saga Stories
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Snorre Sturlasson (1178/1179 – 1241)
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Hekla – the volcano erupting in 1980
«Gateway to Hell» «Lady with a hooded coat»
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The Sea Around Us (1951) Rachel Carson (1907 – 1964)
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with_Bob_Hines.jpg

Silent Spring (1962) Rachel Carson (1907 – 1964)
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The Old man and the Sea (1952) Hemingway (1899 – 1961) Pulitzer Prize (1953) Nobel Prize 1954
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C_1935.jpg

A Farewell to Arms (1929) Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961)
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One of the Norwegian authors being part of the tradition of describing coastal life was Gabriel
Scott (1874 – 1958) – The Fisherman Markus (1918). The picture is from the coastal settlment of Ny
Hellesund.
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Octavia Hill (1838 – 1912)
National Trust
Open spaces
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Wicken Fenn aquired by National Trust 1899
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