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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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    • Iceland, Greenland & Scotland 2017

Category: Iceland and Faroes

Cruises, Iceland and Faroes, Iceland, Greenland & Scotland 2017Leave a comment

Reykjavik

September 9, 2017 Rich McClear

If you want to get to Iceland before it’s discovered, too late.  While we found the Eastern, Northern and Western fjords of Iceland pleasantly un-trampled Reykjavik, which is a tidy little city, is overrun.  While we were in port we … Continue reading Reykjavik

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Cold Mist, Hot Mist and the Mother of Parliaments

September 8, 2017 Rich McClear

Reykjavik, Iceland, August 31:  The “Golden Circle” was an invention of, I am told, Icelandic Airlines. The original low-cost pioneer.  It was licensed to fly people to and from Iceland, however the flight from New York to Keflevik would renumber … Continue reading Cold Mist, Hot Mist and the Mother of Parliaments

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Waterfalls, Tunnels and Sustainable Fisheries.

September 2, 2017September 7, 2017 Rich McClear

According to Lonely Planet Isafjordur in the Westfjord country is best known for its folk museum and for a tunnel that has a “T” intersection in the middle.  One part of the T goes to the town of Sudureri and … Continue reading Waterfalls, Tunnels and Sustainable Fisheries.

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Where North America and Europe Drift Apart

September 2, 2017September 7, 2017 Rich McClear

We berthed in Akureuri, which styles itself “The Capital of the North.”  Akureuri, Iceland’s second city, sits at the head of the Eyjafjorur, a 60 mile long arm of water reaching into the interior of Iceland from the Arctic Ocean.  … Continue reading Where North America and Europe Drift Apart

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Aluminium and Fish, Eskifjordur, Iceland,

September 2, 2017September 7, 2017 Rich McClear

You approach Eskifjordur by sailing down the Reydarfjord until you see a big aluminum smelter.  A small fjord, Eskifjord, branches off to the starboard.  At the end of that small fjord you see some gleaming white fuel tanks.  This is … Continue reading Aluminium and Fish, Eskifjordur, Iceland,

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Isolation depends on your point of view.

August 30, 2017September 7, 2017 Rich McClear

They call themselves isolated.  They sit in the Atlantic between Iceland, Norway and Scotland, somewhere around 50,000 people on 17 or 18 islands.  But to me they are fully connected.  They have weekly ferry service to Denmark, Scotland and Iceland … Continue reading Isolation depends on your point of view.

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The King’s Farmer

August 30, 2017September 7, 2017 Rich McClear

Johannes Patursson is a “King’s Farmer.”  His family has been farming the same land at Kirkjubour in the Faroe Islands for 17 generations, since the Reformation.  Kirkjubour, on Steymoy Island, is a town of a little over 200.   It was … Continue reading The King’s Farmer

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Torshavn, Faroe Islands.

August 30, 2017September 7, 2017 Rich McClear

Torshavn, Faroe Islands,  August 21, 2017:  Holland America assured us that they loved whales but wanted to warn us.  “Holland America expressly disassociates itself from whaling.  We cannot control the cultural of the areas of the world to which we … Continue reading Torshavn, Faroe Islands.

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