25 September to Egilsstadir

IMG 3312 Our hiking map IMG 3313 We started in a dwarf birch forest 20170925 084313 the trees 20170925 085251 the hikers
IMG 3314 20170925 091139 We climbed above the vast outwash plains 20170925 091209 20170925 091353 through beautiful heath lands
IMG 3315 20170925 091402 IMG 3318 somewhere way out there is the ocean, supposedly IMG 3322
IMG 3325 20170925 091927 M & D IMG 3328 ground cover IMG 3329
20170925 092235 colorful IMG 3330 moss IMG 3333 upward 20170925 092956 glacial lagoon
20170925 093424 and the glacier 20170925 093436 which is actually a very small glacier coming off the ice cap IMG 3334 IMG 3336
IMG 3337a IMG 3338a cleavage IMG 3342 Bri and lagoon IMG 3340a distant icefall
20170925 095302 across the headland IMG 3342a after consulting 20170925 095318 and recording IMG 3347a and Looking Good!
IMG 3348a boardwalk 20170925 095654 IMG 3349a IMG 3346 end of boardwalk
IMG 3353a IMG 3347 a much larger glacier to the west IMG 3349 vegetation studies IMG 3348
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IMG 3360a IMG 3352 IMG 3364a IMG 3353 wow, another waterfall!!
IMG 3365 20170925 101844 20170925 101856 close examination of sphagnum 20170925 101906
IMG 3355 20170925 103329 diversion structures out in the outwash plain IMG 3366a IMG 3357 leaving the area
IMG 3358 landscape transect: bog, farm, shrubs IMG 3360 ice IMG 3361 IMG 3368a sneaking up on sheep
IMG 3371a sheep farm IMG 3373a Standard view IMG 3375a enhanced with crag IMG 3378a Sheep science
IMG 3379a IMG 3380a IMG 3381a IMG 3383a Moving on to the next glacial lagoon..
IMG 3366 we take a walk since it is not raining IMG 3367 this lagoon has amphibious vehicles to take you close to the icebergs 20170925 121855 IMG 3386a
IMG 3387a IMG 3389a the odd duck IMG 3390a Bri and Bergs 20170925 141731 The most surreal place I saw on this trip was the beach next to the lagoon
20170925 140147 where ice was strewn across the beach IMG 3382 in all kinds of shapes IMG 3400a AT one level is was a scupture garden 20170925 140327
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IMG 3419 IMG 3397a But at a fine grain all kinds of details were apparent IMG 3369 IMG 3370
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IMG 3378 IMG 3404 IMG 3405 These forms are amazing! 20170925 124703
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IMG 3420 We spent several hours here as the light was always changing IMG 3386 but finally we had to move on, as we wanted to leave the southeast coast before a new storm hit IMG 3387 Scree city IMG 3389
IMG 3393 "Go 86 kilometers then turn left" IMG 3427 Light on the mountains of the eastern fjords IMG 3428 a long detour around this fjord IMG 3432 sheep in mustard
IMG 3431 mustard as forage IMG 3435 IMG 3441 almost clear! IMG 3444 Fjord studies
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IMG 3397 IMG 3399 A long and empty valley that climbs to the plateau IMG 3401 Taken with NightCap IMG 3455 and then a long gravel road over the plateau
IMG 3456 IMG 3457 WE camped in the National Forest!