We traveled through the night to get to Grimsey Island and were delayed from disembarking because of rough seas. We had two lectures this morning The History of Iceland and The Geology of Iceland.
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| Diane and Bill at Arctic Circle |
Grimsey is the northernmost inhabited part of Iceland. there is another island north but not inhabited. Part of Grimsey is in the arctic Circle. There are steep cliffs everywhere except where the port is. We took a tender to shore to begin the hike to the arctic and to see puffins. We were bundled up as it was COLD. The island is 3 sq. mi. The total round trip took about 2.5 hours. The Arctic Terns are like dive bombers but didn't get any of our group. We walked to the Arctic Circle and then on to the puffins. Of course some how Bill got a ride to the Arctic Circle sign but he did walk back.
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| Puffin |
We finally made it back to the port ready for a tender to the ship, freezing to death. Oh and it rained over half of our round trip hike.
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