Jewel of the Seas — Norway; Skarsvåg and Red King Crab

Back when I was in the United States Air Force, I had a control tower chief who would routinely admonish us controllers that, “You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken guano.” Okay. I cleaned that up just a wee bit. He didn’t really use the word salad. (Got ya!) At any rate, as I mentioned in Monday’s article, red king crab is an invasive species in Norway that has the potential to devastate the fishing industry here. But at least some locals are trying to make Crab Louie Salad out of the situation, if you catch my drift.

We spent about fifteen minutes here observing red king crab. Here’s a she-crab up close:

And here’s what make this invasive species so prolific (note the sheer number of eggs she contained):

Red king crab is far from the only source of income here, however. Cod and other fish are also coveted. We are, after all, in the northernmost fishing village on the planet.

I’ll end today’s tour of Skarsvåg with a few more photos of the village:

Слава Україні! (Slava Ukraini!)