Vikingsson on December 7th, 2006

One of the most amazing (imho) natural phenomenon on this planet is a sub glacial volcano. That is, a volcano beneath a glacier. I’m surprised that I hardly knew anything about them until recently. Underneath most of the glaciers in Iceland are volcanoes. When they erupt they melt ice from [...]

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Vikingsson on December 4th, 2006

For the last week it has been colder in Toronto than in Reykjavík. Smokey Bay’s first snowfall has melted and Toronto west got their first snow.
It wasn’t much of a snow, just 5cm or so. Nice fluffy crystals.
So why do they dump all that salt? I hate the salt. Do [...]

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Vikingsson on December 2nd, 2006

Actually, it is my first issue of Iceland Review . Very beautiful and sophisticated magazine. Besides all the ads and tourist information there are actually a lot of detailed articles. This isn’t just a marketing rag that belongs on an airplane. The same publisher also does the airline magazine, I’m sure [...]

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Vikingsson on December 2nd, 2006

I’ve been comparing weather in Iceland and Toronto and these past few weeks they have been very close in temperature. Hovering around the freezing point. Yesterday it poured rain and had it been just 2 degrees colder we would have had a lot of snow.
Well the temp dropped late in the day, the [...]

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