Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...centuries British and Norwegian diplomats have politely quarreled over British fishing boats which sailed north to scoop cod out of the fish-rich" "underwater terraces" off Norway. Early...
Century, King Christian IV put a lengthy stop to it with a heated protest to London, but early this century British fishing boats again edged into the shallow waters, which Norway claimed fell within her four-mile limit. When the Norwegian protests didn't work, they began seizing British trawlers and fining their masters...
...court's verdict (ten judges to two): Norway is right. The defeated British indicated that they would salvage some satisfaction by using the same measuring stick for their fishing grounds off the ragged coasts of Scotland, where Norwegian trawlers fish. Unlike Norway, they may have trouble proving that their, claim has been shored up by what the international court calls "constant and sufficiently long practice...
...change of climate, said Dr. Kimble, extends all over the lands surrounding the North Atlantic. In Russia the southern limit of permafrost (permanently frozen ground) is receding northward up to 100 yards a year. Many Norwegian slopes are raising barley where only grass grew before. Even the fish of the North Atlantic are taking advantage of the change. The cod, which are very sensitive to temperature changes, have migrated northward some 500 miles since...
...Russians buried on Norwegian soil, only a few lost their lives in liberating Norway from the Nazis. Most were soldiers and civilians captured by the Germans and taken to north Norway concentration camps, where they died. The Norwegians buried them in 200 graveyards scattered throughout their country. Ever since, like none-too-welcome neighbors once carelessly invited to dinner, Russian officials have been dropping over. Nominally they came to inspect the graves, but they used the occasion to take a good gander at Norway's defenses. The Norwegians have never complained, but in their laconic way they began moving...