Category Archives: Arctic

Blog posts for the Arctic

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Keflavik, Iceland to London

5am start to meet a 7.45am Keflavik airport departure to Gatwick. I could hear the wind hitting the side of the Hotel Berg during the night, and it’s still howling at 5.45am. By the time […]

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Vik to Keflavik, Iceland

This is my last day in Iceland, and what a crazy day it turns out to be. It is about 225km from Vik to Keflavik, which shouldn’t take me that long. Along the way I […]

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Höfn to Vik (Puffins!), Iceland

An amazing day today on the way from Höfn to Vik – a group of Aussies on Le Boreal gave me a tip about a tractor tour to see puffins at Ingólfshöfði, so I booked […]

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Egilsstaðir to Höfn, Iceland

It has rained heavily overnight, and is still drizzling in the morning. Low lying mist is still hanging over the fjord, so it puts paid to plans to head further east in search of puffins. […]

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Lake Myvatn to Egilsstaðir

Still drizzling this morning, and the wind hasn’t let up as I head from Lake Myvatn to Egilsstaðir. I have one attempt at photographing birds around Lake Myvatn and quickly give up – dark birds […]

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Lake Myvatn, Iceland

It’s moved on from drizzling last night to rain at Lake Myvatn. I’m struggling to see the attraction of the lake. I’d like to photograph the bird life on the lake, but it seems to […]