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Ísland Listen to the Icelandic Nathional Anthem |
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How to type Icelandic characters | Hint: Choose "open/play" and not "save-to-disk" if asked. | |
I'm often asked why I like Iceland so much; why I return again and again. I love the beauty of this deceptively barren land and the wildlife. It's a photographer's dream. But I've been to many beautiful places. People make the difference. I think one returns to the places where you've made friends. I have. I treasure my Icelandic friends. I like and admire the Icelandic people who don't just survive but thrive in the North Atlantic. I accept them as they are, as they do me. | ||
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Visit the Nights of the Pufflings Library on Vestmannaeyjar | ||
I've photographed six books in these areas. Where in the world is Iceland? Get free maps similar to the one above of Iceland Order most any kind of map at the Map Shop in Iceland |
The horse country in the North, Skagafjörður: My Horse of the North and Gletta the Foal Islands along the West Coast in Breiðafjörður Days of the Ducklings Going Fishing Islands off the South Coast, Vestmannaeyjar Nights of the Pufflings and Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme |
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The World Factbook All About Iceland ~ The Latest Facts Easy to Read Information |
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Click for a wonderful moving 360 degree panorama
from atop the new volcano in Vestmannaeyjar This is my latest tour group on a walk up the new lava. I led four Puffin Tours to Iceland from 1997-2000 with Book Adventures and Dr. Mary Lou White. If demand warranted it, I might consider leading another tour. Email Mary Lou White. And if it looks placid today, check out what it looked like when what we are standing on was an eruption in 1973 in Pete Turner's photos. Click here. He matches his photos of the 1973 eruption with his matching shots taken in 1996. The eruption increased the size of the island by one fifth. |
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The island above is Heimaey (translation means home island) and this is the home island for the collection of Westmann Islands, or as they call them in Icelandic, Vestmannaeyjar. One day I caught myself awe struck as I watched a sculptor working on a stone much larger than himself. The size wasn't what was so amazing. No, I was struck by the fact that the stone he was sculpting was younger than he was. It was a product of the eruption. | ||
Visit my friend's guesthouse, Ruth Barbara Zohlen, on Vestmannaeyjar and see some photos of the island. |
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News? In English? The Daily News from Iceland But I'm curious to see the paper in Icelandic Morgunblaðið, "The New York Times" of Iceland Visir, also called DV, the competition Frettir, the weekly paper of Vestmannaeyjar |
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Island's weather In the newspaper Or from the Icelandic National Meteorological Office |
22 C = 72 F 16.5 C = 62 F 11 C = 52 F 5.5 C = 42 F 0 C = 32 F -5 C = 22 F -11 C = 12 F -16.5 C = 02 F |
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The Stórhöfði report is from the lighthouse on Vestmannaeyjar. This is where I photographed many puffin photos for my books. The lighthouse keeper files the weather reports. He also bands puffins. He has banded more that any person in the world. (See my puffin page) |
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Welcome to Iceland with the Icelandic Tourist Board. I like them, especially Einar Gustavsson, the Director of the New York office who first got me to Iceland, thus starting my children's book photographing adventures up there. Stop by the Icelandic Embassy in Washington with all of their nifty links. |
I took this photo and loved the misty walk all around the waterfall. It's huge! Seljalandsfoss - Southern Iceland Farmlands and Magnificent Waterfalls |
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Are you really going? You'll have to get there by Icelandair. They're it. But they offer a neat travel deal. You can go to Europe and stop over in Iceland at no extra cost, sort of like two vacations in one. I went to Scotland this way in 1998, and stopped in Iceland on my European speaking tour in 2001. They also offer off-season three-day getaway packages including air/hotel/breakfasts for a little over $300. Icelandair specials. Read all about Iceland at Icelandair's links page, icelandtotla.com. |
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Music Want to listen to Icelandic radio's live broadcasts on your computer? You can even hear the language spoken. Chose from classical or pop at Ríkisútvarpið RUV The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service Visit the official Björk site? Or even the ultimate Björk web ring? |
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Hungry? Well, get cooking. Potatoes Dimon Bruce or as we call it in Iceland Dímon Kartölfur Bruce Joe's Icelandic Recipe Book For bakery items there's the Icelandic National League of North America Recipes European Cuisine's Icelandic Recipes When in Iceland I always eat skyr, a smooth sweet yogurt type of pudding sauce that you can't get anywhere else. Skyr is so good it even has it's own web site. How about Mjólkursoðinn lundi which translates to puffin in milk sauce? Icelandic lamb, and all lambs are free range in Iceland, is delicious, as well as the tiny Icelandic lobster. The fresh cod and monkfish are so tasty. I've also tried and eaten, sheep's head (they serve the entire head), puffin, and whale. The skyr is really good. |
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Something Fishy? Since fishing is the major part if Iceland's economy, you can find anything you want to know about fish and fishing, and find links too, at Iceland's Marine Research Institute. |
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Out for a stroll in the North of Iceland Read about the deserts in Iceland. (neat page) |
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Want to go malling? Visit Iceland's newest and largest shopping mall, Smáralind, that opened on 10/10/2001 at 10:10 a.m. Iceland time. Get it? The mall opened at 10 10 on 10 10. This is Iceland's second major mall. A book to read? (Hike on down to my bookstore for any of my books.) Visit Edda/Mál og menning, the major publisher and "Borders" of Iceland The University of Iceland Bookstore Books on Iceland
More books on Iceland |
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How about a movie? Here's a great one. Cold Fever. Don't believe me? Read Roger Ebert's three-star review. |
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A painting to see or sculpture to view? The National Gallery of Art's children's pages The National Gallery of Art's everyone pages Gallerí Fold (nice gallery where I've purchased art) The Reykjavík Art Museum List Gallerí Listasafn ASÍ Art Museum in Reykjavík gallerí@hlemmur.is (it's their name, not just an email address) The University of Iceland Art Museum The Akureyri School of Visual Arts Gallerí Slunkariki in Isafjordur, West Iceland (funky home page but don't let it fool you) The Einar Jónsson Museum (sculpture) |
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The canyon in the north desert below the majestic and powerful waterfall, Dettifoss |
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Here's the place for page listing of Icelandic links Iceland on the Web links Iceland Review's Gateway to Iceland links The Meeting Place for Icelandic & Western-Icelandic connections (or more links than you can imagine - wow). David' Page of Links ~ If you can find it here, it doesn't exist. |
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Want to get an Icelandic sweater or a puffin figure? Click on puffins to see how they are made. Click on Photo above to go to the Gallerí Heimalist The sweaters are reasonably priced (I own five) and they mail them directly from Iceland. Since the sweaters are handknit, each one is unique. I have two sources to email an inquiry. The first is for sweaters made by the knitters on Vestmannaeyjar, the island where I photographed Nights of the Pufflings. The Gallerí Heimalist Bárustigur 9 900 Vestmannaeyjar Iceland email an inquiry to Gallerí Heimalist 011-354-481-2250 The Handknitting Association of Iceland Skólavörðustígur 19 101 Reykjavík Iceland email an inquiry to The Handknitting Assn. of Iceland Phone: 011-354-552 1890 Fax: 011354-552 1912 |
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Want to travel around Iceland? What's on in Iceland? Visit a fishing museum in the north. I've been here. It's neat. Take the ferry at Stykkishólmur. I saw my all-time-favorite bumper sticker in Stykkishólmur. It simply read: New York, London, Paris, Stykkishólmur. The warm lake in the north, Lake Mývatn. The geothermal heat means wildlife stays here year-round. The islands off the south coast, Vestmannaeyjar where I photographed Nights of the Pufflings. Virtually virtual Iceland The Islandia Welcome Guide to Iceland |
That's steam from the earth and it's harnessed beautifully for power in the north by the Viti Crater Don't you love the color of the lake? |
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Send a Postcard from Morgunblaðið's Archives, the largest newspaper in Iceland. Selections include puffins and even ducklings with Drífa, the star of Days of the Ducklings. Send a Postcard from Iceland Pages and pages of postcards to choose from. |
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Put a stamp on that electronic postcard? Here are the birds of Iceland on stamps And here are some more birds of Iceland on stamps. |
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Icelanders are everywhere. Even in California with The Icelandic Association of Northern California |
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