Togo?
Al port noruec de Tromso vaig veure aquest preciós i veterà vaixell de pesca. No fou fins després, revisant la foto, que em vaig fixar amb el nom: Togo. Togo? El país de l'Àfrica occidental, en un vaixell de l'Àrtic? Podria ser que anessin a feinejar en aigues tropicals? Però sona estrany, considerant que les aigues de Noruega més aviat atreuen tota la feina pesquera possible...
Be, per internet he trobat una possible alternativa, hi ha un altre article a la wikipedia que vincula Togo amb els noruecs, i es tracta.... d'un gos de tir!!! El lider de tir del trineu (es veu que famos) corredor noruec Seppala. I per rematar la cosa, el tal gos es deia Togo en honor al almirall japonès del mateix cognom, vencedor de la batalla de Tsushima contra els russos!!!
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo_(perro)
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While walking along the Tromso harbour, I spoted this beautifully veteran fishing ship. Only latter I was interested in it's curious name: Togo. A Western Africa country the name for an Artic fishing ship? Well, maybe the captain had some unknown conexion, or the ship did tropical fishing expeditions...
But in Wikipaedia I found an explanation that links "Togo" to Norway. Maybe is the answer, or maybe not. Togo was a lead sledge dog in early XX Century which became quite famous. He was the leader of the sledge of Norwegian L. Seppala, who won famous races in Alaska.
To top it, the dog Togo was named after the Japanese admiral who won the battle of Tsushima against the Russians (but I find even less probable to name a fishing boat in Norway for a Japanese admiral)!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo_(dog)
Togo?
Al port noruec de Tromso vaig veure aquest preciós i veterà vaixell de pesca. No fou fins després, revisant la foto, que em vaig fixar amb el nom: Togo. Togo? El país de l'Àfrica occidental, en un vaixell de l'Àrtic? Podria ser que anessin a feinejar en aigues tropicals? Però sona estrany, considerant que les aigues de Noruega més aviat atreuen tota la feina pesquera possible...
Be, per internet he trobat una possible alternativa, hi ha un altre article a la wikipedia que vincula Togo amb els noruecs, i es tracta.... d'un gos de tir!!! El lider de tir del trineu (es veu que famos) corredor noruec Seppala. I per rematar la cosa, el tal gos es deia Togo en honor al almirall japonès del mateix cognom, vencedor de la batalla de Tsushima contra els russos!!!
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo_(perro)
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While walking along the Tromso harbour, I spoted this beautifully veteran fishing ship. Only latter I was interested in it's curious name: Togo. A Western Africa country the name for an Artic fishing ship? Well, maybe the captain had some unknown conexion, or the ship did tropical fishing expeditions...
But in Wikipaedia I found an explanation that links "Togo" to Norway. Maybe is the answer, or maybe not. Togo was a lead sledge dog in early XX Century which became quite famous. He was the leader of the sledge of Norwegian L. Seppala, who won famous races in Alaska.
To top it, the dog Togo was named after the Japanese admiral who won the battle of Tsushima against the Russians (but I find even less probable to name a fishing boat in Norway for a Japanese admiral)!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo_(dog)