Birds? You like ‘em? Check out my friend Jamie Coleman to get prepped for National Geographic’s Year of the Bird. It has been really fun to share some images from South Georgia this week … now let’s go back to the Arctic, shall we? P.S. It’s okay to stand out from the crowd. Photo Jamie Coleman
Get your Hallowe’en on! This dancer is part of Páll Óskar’s travelling Icelandic dance music sensation. Here, a wee fan chases the dancer back to the “Green Room” – a jeep parked stage side – where he could rest between numbers. Whether you’re glittering or otherwise costume clad this evening, have a wonderful night. Sparkle…
It’s the Friday before Hallowe’en and Páll Óskar is looking at you! This man (centre stage) who has been called both the King and Queen of Iceland’s pop music scene, knows how to get a party started. Here, he’s working the crowd in Isafjordur. He made this trailer side outdoor concert feel like a stadium…
Iceland memories: It was getting late at the Minni-Mástanga farmhouse. We’d spent the day driving sheep home from the oldest sheep pens in Iceland. We’d spent the evening sharing a meal with the whole family (parents, six kids, grandkids and more). The only person we didn’t really talk with was this guy, Vilhjálmur Guðmundsson, eldest…
(Post 1 of 3) Most Icelanders identify more with Europe than they do with the Arctic, and you don’t have to look far to see that connection. This photograph is from the main street of Akureyri where many windows are full of Nordic clothing and all things Viking. You have to search a little deeper…
(Post 1 of 3) We couldn’t come to Iceland without visiting a thermal pool, especially since almost every community – no matter how tiny – has one. But they aren’t always very inspiring. We arrived here with the intention of paying to enter, but the man we met inside had other plans for us. He…
(Post 2 of 3) So far so good on our way to Fosslaug hot springs near Varmahlið. We made all the right turns and found the correct combination of fences and gates. We find ourselves in yet another fairy land, and apparently there is hot water around here somewhere. Getting warmer . . . Photo…
(Post 3 of 3) Success! . . . sort of. It’s a cold and windy day, but we tracked down the outdoor hot spring recommended to us by Rubber Boot Guy in Varmahlið. Only one problem: it’s not hot. So this is me, freezing in a beautiful Icelandic “hot” pool.
(Post 1 of 3) It’s our second day on the farm when Eyberg and Lauga offer to show us what they do for fun. “My hobby,” says Eyberg at Hraun-Háls dairy farm, “my tractors.” It takes about two years to restore one of these machines to mint condition. This one belonged to his wife’s uncle….
(Post 2 of 3) Raising sheep is Lauga’s hobby, and she is darned good at it. This is her room, within the sheep barn, where she spends the nights during lambing season. All of these framed certificates are prizes she has won. Lambing can be very quick, “Sometimes is starts and finishes within one hour,”…