Saltstraumen maelstrom

A maelstrom (or malström) is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. The word was introduced from the Nordic form by Edgar Allan Poe in his story A Descent into the Maelstrom (1841). Actually, the Nordic word is borrowed from the Dutch maalstroom^[1] which means grinding stream. The original Maelstrom (described by Poe and others) is the Moskstraumen, a powerful tidal current in the Lofoten Islands off the Norwegian coast.^[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4048x3040, 3347 KB) Der Gezeitenstrom Saltstraumen im Juni 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4048x3040, 3347 KB) Der Gezeitenstrom Saltstraumen im Juni 2005. ... Saltstraumen, Norway. ... Saltstraumen whirlpool A whirlpool in a glass of water A whirlpool is a large, swirling body of water produced by ocean tides. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... A Descent into the Maelstrom is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Henningsvær, a fishing village in Lofoten during fishing season (April, 2001). ... Motto Royal: Alt for Norge (Everything for Norway) 1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enige og tro til Dovre faller (United and faithful until the mountains of Dovre crumble) Anthem Ja, vi elsker Royal anthem Kongesangen Norway() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Oslo Official languages Norwegian (BokmÃ¥l and Nynorsk...

Maelstrom in popular culture

The epic maelstrom is formed in Walt Disney Pictures', Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
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• Walt Disney Pictures' 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, ends with sequences of the Black Pearl and The Flying Dutchman, battling off in the middle of a massive maelstrom formed after the release of Calypso, goddess of the sea. Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the film, described it as being "...the grandest scene in all of Cinema history"^{[citation needed]}.
• In the AD&D world of Krynn, there is a perpetual maelstrom in the center of the Blood Sea.
• Maelstrom is a progressive doom metal band from Glasgow, formed in 2004.
• In the video game StarCraft, the Dark Archon can learn a spell called "maelstrom", which freezes biological units in the game for a few seconds.
• In the fictional world of Azeroth of the video game Warcraft, there is a maelstrom in the middle of the sea between Kalimdor and Azeroth.
• In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Captain Nemo's Nautilus makes its last appearance going down into a maelstrom.
• "Maelstrom" was the name of a placodus featured in Ice Age Meltdown.
• In Tom Lehrer's song "We Will All Go Together When We Go," there is a short bridge, after the first verse, sung to the tune of "Down by the old Mill Stream":

  Down by the old Maelstrom

  There'll be a storm before the calm.

• In Stonesour's single 30/30-150, they mention "You left us alone in the maelstrom/As You can see we're all plenty alive."
• In Shilin Huang's popular online webcomic Blackbird, Maelstrom is the name of the world the story plays in.
• In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, there is a massive Warp storm called the Maelstrom which is the home of the renegade Space Marine Chapter the Astral Claws (known as the Red Corsairs after their rebellion from the Imperium).
• In the MMORPG EVE one of the newest Minmatar battleships is named a Maelstrom, it is the most powerful battleship produced by that faction so far.

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Footnotes

1. ^ See e.g. [1] Svensk etymologisk ordbok (in Swedish)
2. ^ Encyclopedia Britannica, 1958 edition.