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MAELSTROM (whirlpool)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAELSTROM (whirlpool)  , a
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term originally applied to a strong current
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running past the
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south end of the
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island of Moskenaes, a member of the
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group of Lofoten Islands on the
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west
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coast of
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Norway . It is known also as the Moskenstrom . Though dangerous in certain states of
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wind and
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tide, the tales of
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ships being swallowed in this whirlpool are fables . The word is probably of Dutch origin, from malen, to grind or whirl, and strom or stroom, a stream or current . It appears on
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Mercator's
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Atlas of 1595 .

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