{"id":7555,"date":"2018-11-14T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2018-11-10T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T16:33:01","slug":"north-coast-and-traditional-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/north-coast-and-traditional-habitat\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"North Coast and traditional habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n1. The \u00c1sbyrgi Canyon is amazing with its high basalt cliffs.
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\n2. Beautiful bay on Arctic Ocean North of Husavik.
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\n3. We stop there for the lunch…
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\n4. … the opportunity for Emile to play on the beach.
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\n5. The small harbor town of Husavik still has some old houses.
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\n6. Its small harbor is famous for whale watching.
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\n7. Old houses on the harbor.
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\n8. We return to the bay to spend the night.
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\n9. Sunset is gorgeous!
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\n10. Deformed sun on the horizon. We even had two sunsets, the first on the cliff then, the race of the sun being almost tangent to the horizon, the second on the ocean.
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\n11. Iceland is not that famous for offering colorful sunsets but this one was an exception.
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\n12. On the road to Akureyi, the big city of the North.
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\n13. Interesting feature: in Akureyri, to support the morale of the population during the last financial crash, the red lights are heart shaped… \ud83d\ude09
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\n14. At the end of the day, we go to visit the historic Glaumb\u00e6r farm, one of the few unspoiled which is now a museum.
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\n15. House from the beginning of the last century.
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\n16. The windows often had candles, supposed to limit the heat loss of the little insulated glass…
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\n17. The farm, older, is partially buried for better insulation. Buildings are contiguous to limit areas exposed to cold.
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\n18. Built in peat and covered with peat and moss, it was the best way to protect oneself from the cold for poor people.
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\n19. Not far away, the beautiful old church of Vidimyrarkirkia.
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\n20. Continuing our journey on the north coast, we come across this curious road going directly into the ocean!
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\n21. Arrival at the end of the day on the site of Hv\u00edtserkur Rock.
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\n22. A spectacular lava block that rises on the ocean and evokes a troll or some extinct dinosaur grazing algae…
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\n23. H\u00fanafjordur Bay.
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\n24. We camp near this little house…
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\n25. … and discover large icebergs far on the horizon.
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\nNext coming soon in the Northwest fjords.
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