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Chapter 4: Fish, Ghosts, and Sell Outs March 21, 2010 Regional Population: 6,665 Kanin Fjord Population: 3,452 Ny Kanin Fjord Population: 2,756 Nolborg Population: 216 Part 1: Overcapacity Following the tragic fuel spill in 1998, the South Port was reconstructed by the Navnår Corporation to provide Kanin Fjord with a modern high-capacity fishing port. Originally, the port’s design allowed for a high volume of shipping, including the offloading of catch from several dozen fishing vessels. The port also had the capacity to transfer cargo between ships and maintained a fleet of 3 tugboats. At the time, it was expected that an antidote to Kodiak Poisoning would have been discovered and mollusk prices would stabilize or even drop. However, by the end of the 2000s, there still was no miracle cure for making Pacific mollusks safe to consume, and the price of shellfish in the Atlantic had tripled throughout the decade. By 2008, Kanin Fjord’s fishing fleet had expanded to 40 ships, and the volume of traffic in the harbor was resulting in lengthy delays in offloading their catch. To handle the ever-increasing volume of shellfish, the town’s shellfish processing plant Kanin Fiskefabrikk added a third shift. For a few years, the third shift kept up with the increase, but by the end of the decade, the plant’s resources were again, extended beyond capacity. To remedy the situation, the Navnår Corporation expanded the South Port to include a second fish processing plant. The new processing plant had a higher capacity than the old factory and has the ability to process other types of seafood besides just shellfish, including mackerel and Atlantic cod. Other improvements included the addition of a fifth pier, the installation of a large gantry crane, and a dock for small cargo ships. It was now possible to load processed fish directly onto a cargo ship. Upon completion, the upgrades to the South Port provided the town with 142 new jobs. Part 2: The Tragedy of Tore punkt Sometimes, prosperity comes with an ironic tragedy. A perfect case example of this is the development of Tore punkt. Tore punkt’s location made it ideal for constructing a bridge across Hjortfjorden. It also has relatively flat topography. Most of the land, however; was owned by Kanin Fjord’s original villagers, who collectively opposed selling their land to developers or the government. This meant that in order to construct a new bridge, many of these homes would have to be demolished and the villagers relocated. After ten years of resisting ever increasing offers to buy their land and with the impending threat of eminent domain, many of the villagers buckled under the pressure and sold out. This resulted in numerous old homes and many trees being removed. Still, there were some who refused to move resulting in developers having to work around several homes. Reconstruction of the Tore punkt peninsula included considerably more than a new bridge. Many new homes were constructed, including three apartment buildings and a mid-rise condominium overlooking the fjord. One of the projects even included the installation of a small marina. Between 2008 and 2010, Tore punkt underwent a dramatic transformation into a more suburban type of region. While in the long run, development in Tore punkt was a great benefit to the town, one sometimes still question’s if the cost to the town’s history was worth the gain. However, at least it was not a complete loss, as some homes and their history remained. Tore punkt's development combined with a large number of new jobs in the South Port resulted in Kanin Fjord experiencing a rapid growth spurt increasing from 2,732 to 3,452 in less that 2 years. Part 3: Resurrection of The Sulten Skygge Originally, the reconstruction of the South Port in 1998 sent the town’s Norse followers into a superstitious frenzy. They believed the Sulten Skygge now patrolled all the fjords looking for new victims to drown and take their souls to Ran’s watery underworld. Nine years later, the old villagers are now a small minority in their own town, and fear of the Sulten Skygge was becoming a faded memory, lost among the town’s new Norse followers. Those who still believed in the legend adamantly avoided the shoreline at night. Even the North and South Ports, which bustled with activity throughout the night and were well illuminated, they avoided. This fear was largely ignored by younger villagers and those who immigrated into town, as holding a job took precedence over their beliefs. Several freak accidents in December of 2009 injected fresh fear into the town’s most infamous legend. The first accident occurred on December 5, 2009, when the safety cable securing an inspection official checking a portion of the Sleipnir bridge failed, causing him to fall 45 meters into the icy water below, where he quickly succumbed to hypothermia and drowned. Three days later on December 8, 2009, a villager retrieving some items from her boat at the South Port Marina slipped on ice and fell into the water, where she drowned. The third incident occurred in Ny Kanin Fjord. Here the breaks failed on a forklift, and forklift drove off the edge of the pier, plunging the operator to his death. Finally, the last incident occurred on Christmas, when a young man got too drunk and tried to swim across the fjord in 32°F water while it was snowing. In all instances, the cause of death was drowning, and involved freakish bizarre accidents occurring at night. The town’s older Norse followers immediately started preaching the danger of the Sulten Skygge during worship and the town’s newer Norse followers started taking notice. However, unlike older believers who generally work inland, younger members had jobs which were located on the coastline and could not afford to avoid the fjords at night. So, they asked their gods for protection, agreed that no one should venture along the coastline at night alone, and must remain in well-lit areas to keep safe. Additionally, some even started placing small runestones throughout the South and North Ports to provide spiritual protection while working. Of Kanin Fjord’s 3,452 residents, 2,188 or 63% of the town’s population follow some form of Norse Paganism. This represents a significant portion of the workforce and of managers running local businesses. An odd consequence is many businesses mandated a buddy system for people working outside at night, claiming that it was a safety issue for workers. Anyone caught working outside alone at night could be written up or even dismissed from their job. The South Port (Before in 2008, and after in 2010) Aerial of South and North Ports Entrance to the South Port South Port looking outward into the fjord. South Port Marina The South Port’s Southern Breakwater The South Port Marina. One of the docks was removed and replaced with a boat repair lot and a proper boat ramp. New Fifth Pier Navnar’s new seafood processing plant and loading dock for small cargo ships. Another shot of the port, looking down Havet Gammel markedsplass Before and After Pics (Tore punkt) New Marina and coastline in Tore punkt New apartments in Tore punkt Mid-rise condominium development Aerial of Tore punkt New Marina
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