Author: Geography Shark

After 3000km of driving around the country with Helen & Traff, Ike finally made it to the new volcano in Iceland – even though it…

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Today Ike took a trip to see something that unfortunately, no longer exists. Okjökull or the Ok glacier was a glacier on top of the…

View More Ike visits something which is not there – Okjökull

Ike, Helen and Traff took a drive around the Vatnsnes peninsula today. Their first stop on Vatnsnes was at Hvítserkur, a 15m high basalt stack…

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Herring is one of this century’s principal shapers of Icelanders’ destinies. Without herring, it is questionable whether the modern society that now exists in Iceland…

View More Ike visits the Herring Era Museum at Siglufjörður

On today’s drive Ike, Helen and Traff detoured from the main road into an area where NASA trained for the Moon landings. In 1965 &…

View More Ike doesn’t land on the Moon, but he takes one small step closer…

Ike woke up nice and early and went to have a look at the lake outside the cottage. It is called Lagarfljót and it is…

View More Ike meets some Icelandic puffins

The weather continues to be good carrying on from day 2. In fact, a bit too good as the road in the Eyjafjarðardalur valley that Ike…

View More Ike visits Raufarhöfn, Iceland Day 3

Akureyri and the Eyjafjarðardalur valley After waking up, a busy day was ahead for Ike! The drive to Akureyri goes through Vatnsskarð and Öxnadalsheiði passes.…

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Eyrarbakki and Þingvallavatn Ike started his all new 2021 Iceland adventure from the small town of Eyrarbakki. Ike’s guides Helen and Traff popped in to…

View More Ike goes back to Iceland – Day 1

After visiting the Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Ike and Jane cycled over to the National Flag HeritageCentre at Athelstaneford. The Heritage Centre is…

View More Ike visits Athelstaneford, home of the Saltire