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Trip to Iceland and Greenland July 29. to
August 13. 2011
The trip in a nutshell:
Starting out in Reykjavik/Iceland
http://www.kammlott.net/Iceland
--> travelling overland to Stykkisholmur
(starting at 627), hot springs ( 575 and foll.) and waterfalls in
Borgarfjordur, (536 and foll) exploring the Snaefellsness
Peninsula, coastal Budir lava field, Shark meat - processing plant (766
and foll), Dinner cruise ( 776 and foll) watching Puffins and other
birds and eating the freshest Scallops and Sea Urchins straight out of
the waters.
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--> travelling overland to Akureyri, visiting the homestead of
Erik the Red (862 ...), horse farm ( learning about the special 5. gait
of Icelandic Dressur horses ( starting
at 884)
Husavik, (
starting at 949) Whale watching excursion
Godafoss waterfall & Lake Myvatn, saw two
native Orchids here and at the pseudo crater field of Skutustadir (
starting at 1137)
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--> flying back to Reykjavik, exploring the Continental
divide ( North America and Europe) at Thingvellier ( starting at 1217)
, Geysir Hot Springs,
Gullfoss Waterfall ( 1229 and foll)
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--> Exploring South Iceland
around Selfoss, Seljalandsfoss
waterfall (1243) and Markafljot river
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--> Glacial river rafting (
no pictures) Geothermal plant, Dyrholaey and Vik at the Southern tip
(1252 and foll.), Glacier walk, visiting greenhouses of cut-flower
business
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--> travelling overland back
to Reykjavik, swimming in the
warm Blue Lagoon (1320..)
http://www.kammlott.net/Greenland
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--> flying from Reykjavik in
a Fokker 50 to Kulusuk/Greenland,
mountain Jeep tour to a former American Radar DEW line, saw Arctic fox
( starting at 1377)
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--> Helicopter to Angmassalik (starting at 1391),
Tupilak work shop (1416 to 1420 and 1538 to 1547) and walking
tour, Glacier boat cruise (starting at 1425),
Valley of the Flowers ( 1458 and foll.),
visit with Thomasina ( 1562 and more)
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--> one of the two
helicopters was out of commission, so a normally 15 minute Helicopter
ride or a boat-ride of about 90 m minutes turned into a very
interesting
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boat-ride of ca 4 hours through pack-ice and and fog and due to the by
now low tide at Kulusuk warranted a drop off with the help of a small
outboard- motor
boat. ( 1602 to the end)
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--> from Kulusuk back to Reykjavic and home the next day.
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The pictures are organized in
folders, the contact sheets at the top of the picture folders show the
thumbnails of the pictures and they are not linked. They should however
aid in selecting pictures of interest.
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Here is a sampling -
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Platanthera hyperborea
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 Pseudorchis albida
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Hope you enjoy,
Klaus and Ursula
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