Hello Eldborg, are you listening, Óli? # 50409
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Hello Eldborg, are you listening Óli? The story of Ms. Eldborg MB. 3 from Borgarnes. A historical account (with a free twist) by Hassi.
The author of the book is Matthías Ólafsson, (Hassi), a visual artist and a life artist, as he is introduced on the book cover. The story is about the herring ship Eldborga from Borgarnes under the command of the Westfjords native Ólafur Magnússon. "Throughout the war years, with the exception of summer herring fishing and annual transports for the army in spring and autumn, Ólafur and his crew sailed the Eldborga through rough seas in winter with ice-cold boat fishing to England. Ólafur was a great character, an excellent sailor, skilled in catching fish and equally daring," the book cover says, among other things. It further states: "150 previously unpublished images related to fishing, a collection of time-honored works adorn the book, and they alone are a valuable source of information about the Icelandic herring fishery in the North from 1934 to 1947. The appendix contains particularly interesting observations by Ólafur Heitin, the many-time herring king, regarding the fishing off the North during the aforementioned period, an almost scientific report on sea temperature, prey volume, winds, currents and more, related to fishing for the capricious silver of the sea."
The author of the book is Matthías Ólafsson, (Hassi), a visual artist and a life artist, as he is introduced on the book cover. The story is about the herring ship Eldborga from Borgarnes under the command of the Westfjords native Ólafur Magnússon. "Throughout the war years, with the exception of summer herring fishing and annual transports for the army in spring and autumn, Ólafur and his crew sailed the Eldborga through rough seas in winter with ice-cold boat fishing to England. Ólafur was a great character, an excellent sailor, skilled in catching fish and equally daring," the book cover says, among other things. It further states: "150 previously unpublished images related to fishing, a collection of time-honored works adorn the book, and they alone are a valuable source of information about the Icelandic herring fishery in the North from 1934 to 1947. The appendix contains particularly interesting observations by Ólafur Heitin, the many-time herring king, regarding the fishing off the North during the aforementioned period, an almost scientific report on sea temperature, prey volume, winds, currents and more, related to fishing for the capricious silver of the sea."