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Nesting Kittiwakes
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A raft of Atlantic Puffins
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Reine - a picturesque fishing village that was one of the
historic cod fishing locations.
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Cod drying racks were everywhere around
the village.
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In the winter, cod come into the area and
fisherpeople catch them and drape them over the racks to dry.
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Cod fishing is still a viable and important
industry in the area.
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The heads are dried separately from the
rest of the fish.
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Heads drying on the racks.
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We were lucky to see people cutting down
the fish for shipment
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One person sits on top of the racks and
cuts the string holding the cod. The people below pick them
up and stack them in bins.
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These are hauled to the harbor for loading
on to a ship. Brazil is one of the major countries importing
the dried cod.
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Oops!
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Trollfjord
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Party boats in Trollfjord
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The crew served us hot mulled wine while
we watched the captain turn the ship around in the narrow
fjord.
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The ship got close enough to the edge of
the fjord that one of our naturalists was able to pluck a
leaf from the shoreline.
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