Editing Wrecking (shipwreck) (section)

=== Denmark ===
Wrecking has been practised a long way back in Denmark. The long shorelines, the heavy international marine traffic in combination with some difficult and often harsh waters, has produced many wrecks here. It was only recently, that the light signalling was fully developed and deep sea-bed canals were dug in the often very shallow waters here, making seafaring relatively safe. [[Skagen's Vippefyr]] was constructed in 1627, along with several other rudimentary lighting signals in the following years, after complaints.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mfs.dk/da/soeg-i-soefartshistorien/digitale-udstillinger/navigation-og-verdensbilleder/hjaelpen-fra-kysten/skagens-vippefyr|title=Skagens vippefyr|language=da|publisher=Maritime Museum of Denmark|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207225721/http://mfs.dk/da/soeg-i-soefartshistorien/digitale-udstillinger/navigation-og-verdensbilleder/hjaelpen-fra-kysten/skagens-vippefyr|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sea floor canals came centuries later. It was and still is common practice to hire skilled Danish pilots to help navigate in and out of the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mfs.dk/da/soeg-i-soefartshistorien/digitale-udstillinger/navigation-og-verdensbilleder/hjaelpen-fra-kysten/ove-alexis-winsloev|title=Ove Alexis Winsløv|language=da|publisher=Maritime Museum of Denmark|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207230341/http://mfs.dk/da/soeg-i-soefartshistorien/digitale-udstillinger/navigation-og-verdensbilleder/hjaelpen-fra-kysten/ove-alexis-winsloev|url-status=dead}}</ref>

So-called wreck masters used to be employed in the Danish coastal communities, in order to oversee, report on and collect valuables from new wrecks. A former wreck masters home can be experienced at the Wreck Master's Farm near [[Rubjerg Knude]] on the North Atlantic coast for example. The last wreck master here left in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rubjergknude.dk/index.php?id=175|title=The Wreck Master's Farm|publisher=Vendsyssel Historical Museum|website=Rubjerg Knude's cultural and natural history|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> A few wreck masters are still appointed in Denmark, but nowadays the job also includes observations and reporting on oil spills, pollutions, vandalism, etc., and they work in close cooperation with the police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://strandfoged.dk/om-strandfogeden|title=Strandfoged|language=da|website=Standfogeden.dk|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207220512/http://strandfoged.dk/om-strandfogeden|url-status=dead}} Official website for wreck masters in Denmark</ref>