GCRQ9M Hurtigruta (Traditional Cache) in Trøndelag, Norway created by Team

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cervisvenator: Hi

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for the cache owner and block other cachers from placing a cache in the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can’t do so forever.

Nothing seems to happen with this cache listing, so it is now archived, so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if it hasn’t been done already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

(This reviewer note is in English so non-Norwegian cache owners, geocachers and cache reviewers can understand what it says.)

Thanks for your understanding,
Cervis Venator
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Hidden : 12/25/2005

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Nær Hurtigrutakaia i Rørvik/close to the Hurtigruta quay in Rørvik. OBS Leave cache as found!

I 1891 lanserte statens dampskipskonsulent, August Kriegsman Gran, ideen om en ekspressrute sjøveien mellom Trondheim og Hammerfest. Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab og Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap ble tilbudt seilingen, men avslo fordi seiling vinterstid i mørke og vind ble ansett som umulig. På den tiden fantes bare to hydrograferte kart og 28 fyrlykter nord for Trondheim.
Det var det forholdsvis nyetablerte Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab i Stokmarknes som tok utfordringen. I lengre tid hadde Kaptein Richard With og hans loser ført nøyaktige notater om kurs, fart og tid på strekningen, og mente at dette skulle gå. 18. mai 1893 signerte staten og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab en fire års kontrakt som ga selskapet støtte til en ukentlig seiling mellom Trondheim og Hammerfest om sommeren og Trondheim og Tromsø om vinteren, med ni anløp underveis. Den 2. juli 1893 la dampskipet Vesteraalen fra kai i Trondheim, med kurs mot Hammerfest.
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In 1891, August Kriegsman Gran, the national steam ship advisor, came up with the idea of providing an express shipping service between Trondheim and Hammerfest. Two steamship companies, The Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab and the Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, were offered the route, but rejected it, regarding the sailing during the dark and stormy winters as impossible. At the time there were only two marine charts in existence and only 28 lighthouses north of Trondheim.
Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskap, a relatively young steamship company based in Stokmarknes, took up the challenge. For some time, Captain Richard With and his pilots had been keeping accurate notes on courses, speeds and times taken to sail the route and felt that the service would be viable.On 18th May 1893, the government entered into a 4-year contract with Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskap, providing the company with the backing for a weekly sailing between Trondheim and Hammerfest during the summer and Trondheim and Tromsø during the winter. There were nine ports of call on the route.
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Link - where are the ships right now? (visit link)
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

A: Uwøear/haqre fgrvare R: Pbeare/haqre fgbarf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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