Clouds
Rely into clouds these days, not least because we have plenty of them in Iceland and every now and then they get very interesting.
Rely into clouds these days, not least because we have plenty of them in Iceland and every now and then they get very interesting.
I have decided to resume my photo-blog. Many have contacted and encouraged me to continue. After a little push today from my friend Trish Balcom who is photographer with a great eye I decided that I should start my photoblog again, I will post something at least weekly this winter.
This photo is taken today as the sun was going down around six a clock
in the south of Iceland. I actually shot this on my iPhone.
Just came from a trip to East Greenland as a guide with three clients from Russia somewhat it's like coming to another world it's so different. Landing in Kulusuk you are right away exposed to the barren landscape with it's raw beauty traveling in Greenland one has to be both patient and flexible first of all there is a different tempo in life here then most people are used to. On our first day we went on a boat to a very remote village to say the least with a population of 150 people the hospitality was evident right away as we went to the local grocery store KNI to buy coffee after our long and cold trip on the boat only to be told that in this village every visitor gets free coffee and cookies. We walked around a bit and found the Greenlandic sledge dog very interesting for the people there the dogs are working animals used to travel the pack ice in winter On this photo you can see a little family note how skinny the female adult is clearly from feeding the puppies.
I am very often asked about the famous and very cute bird, the puffin without a doubt the bird that people are most interested in seeing. The puffin is a strange bird in many ways.
For most of it's live it stays at sea, the hole winter it's far out feeding on fish. The puffin is a great diver has very small wings which is good for that but on the other hand it makes it not so good at flying and they need to flab their wings very fast in flight. In a study that was done on the Vestmanna Islands it was revealed that they can dive down to 60 meters quiet amazing for such a small bird. Their nesting place in the summer is at the top part of sea cliffs where they can find soil to dick holes in. The Puffin lays it's egg in deep holes to hide from predators
In south Iceland you can see them very close at Dyrholaey and in Heimaey
Also it's possible to see them on a whale watching trip from Reykjavik harbor
Gudmundur Eyjolfsson has been a mountain guide on super-jeep trips and hiking trips for over 10 years.
He has become one of the most experienced guide in his field. Gudmundur started Climbing mountains at 15 already at 17 years of age attended
the international school of mountaineering in Switzerland and climbed Mount Blanc. He has done many first ascents in Iceland, East face of Hvannadalshnjukur the highest mountain In Iceland, many ice-climbs and the first crossing of Vatnajökull the largest glacier in Iceland
on Mountain bikes in 1992. Did the longest solo ski trek that has been done in Iceland in 2001 from West to East in 30 days. Has done many trips to Greenland and worked as a guide in South Greenland, took part in the first Icelandic climbing expedition to the Staunings Alps in Greenland where six weeks where spent climbing.
In his guiding he has worked extensively with camera crews, photographers, film makers, scientists and travelers who are curious about Iceland and are looking for adventures tours. Gudmundur has himself worked as cameraman for the state TV RUV where he worked on various programs.He has worked freelance for many years for the highly respected tour operator Iceland Mountain guides.
gummiey@hive.is
