Crossword-Solution: TROMSOE 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

The captain of my vessel, knowing that I wanted to hear what was going on at home, drew my attention to the fact that a steam collier from Leith had just arrived in Tromsoe Harbour, and suggested that I should go on board and get the latest newspapers.

How eagerly I looked for further news! It was not, however, until several days later that, on returning to Tromsoe, I found a mail-steamer going north, and saw an unmistakable Englishman on the deck, whom I immediately accosted with a request for information.

Nordenskjold, whose name was already renowned for important researches in Greenland, Nova Zembla, and northern Asia, in less than two months guided the steam whaler _Vega_ from Tromsoe, Norway, to the most easterly peninsula of Asia.

This took place November 6, 1833." When he was but a few years old his father removed, in various official capacities, to Mandal, Söndhordland, and, finally, to the city of Tromsoe, in Nordland.

She sailed from Gothenburg on the 21st of July, accompanied by the steamer _Lena_, commanded by Johannesen from Tromsoe.