I took a photograph at Thorshavn in the Faroes showing a modern whaling-vessel.
The passage was to be made to Thorshavn to bring the Pastor home.
But we didn't care, we were going to Thorshavn at last, and there was a good sea.
Thorshavn, in Strm, the largest island, is the seat of government.
A few hours later we anchored opposite to Thorshavn in the island of Stromo, the capital and chief town of the Faroes.
Hard by the town of Thorshavn, in the Fare islands, a little lad sat one day carving his name on a rock.
Thorshavn and Yakutsk are excellent examples of the temperature differences along the same latitude line (see fig. 11).
Karl fared forthwith when he was ready, and a fair wind they had, and came to Faroe, and hove into Thorshavn in Stream-isle.
The medival bishop for the Faroes had his stool at Kirkeb, on the same island as Thorshavn but a few miles further south.
At Thorshavn, too, was played the first half of the delightfully simple 2-Act drama which changed the faith of the archipelago.