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Swimming in the Arctic Ocean
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Selardalur, Iceland -- Boy, it was cold! |
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Dave Swimming
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Selardalur, Iceland -- I took a few strokes just to have actually swum. It made my sinuses hurt! |
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Victor and Dave Swimming
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Selardalur, Iceland -- Victor wanted to swim in the Arctic Ocean as well, so I went back in for moral support. |
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Getting Out
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Selardalur, Iceland -- The air felt very, very warm; even the wind felt balmy! |
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Alfred Swimming
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Selardalur, Iceland -- Alfred went, too, but I wasn't going in for a third time! |
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Lake Luc
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Selardalur, Iceland -- We dammed up a little stream and made a nice, big lake. |
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Luc The Magificent
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Selardalur, Iceland -- Luc built a village full of unsuspecting townspeople who would be drowned when the dame burst. |
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Victor Engineering
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Selardalur, Iceland -- Victor was keen to make a permanent chnage to the landscape, so we re-directed the stream entirely. |
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Victor Buried
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Selardalur, Iceland -- Of course somebody had to be buried in the sand! |
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Dynjandi Falls
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Dynjandi, Iceland -- Spectacular. Notice Robert in the lower right corner. |
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Rainbow
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Dynjandi, Iceland -- The angle of the sun was just right to make this rainbow. |
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Skalavik Map
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With my track on it. |
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Crossing the River
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Skalavik, Iceland -- I only think a couple of people made it without getting their feet wet. Of course, tehre was a bridge about 100 meters away. |
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Stream and Cirque
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Skalavik, Iceland -- Robert, Marc, and I climbed up to this little cirque up this stream. |
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Rob at Waterfall
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Skalavik, Iceland |
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Skalavik Waterfall
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Skalavik, Iceland |
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Skalavik Waterfall
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Skalavik, Iceland |
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Isafjordur Area Map
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Boat to Vigur Island
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Isafjordur, Iceland |
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Luc Fending Off Terns
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Vigur Island, Iceland -- We received these sticks to fend off the Arctic Terns. Luc was determined to nail one. |
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Across Isafjardarjup
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Vigur Island, Iceland |
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Black Guillemots
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Vigur Island, Iceland -- These birds are supposedly very rare in Iceland except here. Only we had seen several while kayaking. |
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Jim on Vigur
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Vigur Island, Iceland |
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Eating Puffin
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Isafjordur, Iceland -- Boy, them puffins is good eatin! |
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Heading Out to Kayak
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Isafjordur, Iceland -- Dave, Isabel, Alfred, and Victor went on one last kayak trip. |
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Luc and the Airplane
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Isafjordur, Iceland |
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Vigur Island
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Isafjordur, Iceland -- View of Vigur Island from the air as we flew out. |
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Hvammsfjordur
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Hvammsfjordur, Iceland -- View of where we kayaked from the air. Our campsite on the peninsual is visible at the lower right. |
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The Gang
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Reykjavik, Iceland -- One final shot of everyone. Jim, Alfred, Sandy, Isabel, Mary, Luc, Brendan, Jean, Marc, Robert, Victor, Dave, and Ed. |
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