George Arnmod

George Arnmod was a ornithologist and photographer, most famous for photographing the Rock of Arnmod, and being the first to sail solo around the Lovia Archipelago.

Biography
He was born in 1868 in St. John, Newfoundland, to two Gaelic-speaking Scots. His mother died shortly after his birth, and he was brought up by his aunt until he was old enough to go out fishing with his father. At an early age, he, together with his brother Robert Arnmod, became fishermen and fished with his father in the North Atlantic. When George was 16, his father was drowned in a tragic accident. The two orphans decided to leave Newfoundland and head south to New York.

However they were often homesick for the sea where they had been brought up and wandered the USA and Canada looking for a place that they could call home. They did not find one until arriving in San Fransisco in 1892, they heard of a man named Arthur Noble who had discovered a new land to the west. They joined him when he returned from Lovia and sailed to Lovia. They felt at home in this small island nation, where one was never far from the sea.

All his life George, like his brother Robert was an adventurer. Together they climbed the Rock which was later named after them. Always attempting to prove themselves to the other, in 1908, they decided to race around the archipelago. Sadly, Robert was caught in a current to the north of Asian Island and was drowned. George was heartbroken, although he managed to complete the race and was hailed as a hero. He never recovered.

Death
At the age of 73, Arnmod disappeared from his bed and was never seen again. It was never found how he had died. Legends quickly arose concerning his death. Some maintained he hurled himself from the Rock of Arnmod, with which he had remained fascinated since he first climbed. In a popular, less frightening version told to children, he will return to Lovia in its hour of need.