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In Skaftafell National Park |
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Long walk to the glacier tongue |
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Water pool in front of glacier. |
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Can't get too close to glacier because of water and quick sand. |
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Walking back to visitors center. |
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Walking a path up a gorge to Svartifoss waterfall. |
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We finally reach Svartifoss falls! |
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Flowering plants in the park. |
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Map at vistiors center. We walked from visitors center to far right at the glacier - then up to Svartifoss. |
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Our Puffin journey begins in the marshes. Ahead is a sand storm. |
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Oh! Now for the Puffin Tour. Our noon tour was cancelled due to bad weather so we are trying again at 3:00. Through mud, water and black sand storm. |
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We walked up a dune of black sand in the sand storm to the cliffs at Ingólfshöfði. |
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There is the sand ramp up to the cliffs. Notice our tractor vehicle in the distance. We are looking for Puffins. |
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Sand storm in the background with Öræfajökull Glacier. |
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The Puffins will be leaving soon for the south (Newfoundland). |
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It's very windy up here but at least no sand at the moment. |
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Finding a good view of the puffin nests. |
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Survival hut at Ingólfshöði |
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A momument telling of the location of the 1st settler of Iceland - Ingólfur Arnarson in 874. |
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Warning sign for trail to Ingólfshöði |
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Hallway going to the rooms in the Hotel Framtið in Djúpivogur. |
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Hotel Framtið the next morning. |
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The bay at the hotel before we leave in the morning - another beautiful spot |
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