Trip to the polar circle.

We planned this trip for a long time. There is an island, about 50 km north from Akureyri, on the open sea, laying directly on the polar circle - Grímsey is it's name :P Since the ferry goes there only on week days, and we don't have any vacations or holidays, our only opportunity was 4th of August - one of Icelandic national days, free of school of course. So we packed ourselves in the cars (we were more than 30, they had a discount for big groups, quite nice one) and went to Dalvík, from where the ferry was leaving. Along the way, we spotted some dolphins jumping near the ferry. Visiting the local toilet also payed off, as I noticed that pissoirs were made in Poland :P As it occurred, not everybody was sea-sick proof, but we got to the island safe and sound.
Grímsey is very small, with population of about 100 people, it seems a bit deserted. But not people are main inhabitants of this small island, but birds. There are millions of them, majority are Puffins and Arctic Tern. We spent about 4 hours on the island, and we managed to walk almost all the way around it. There is not much there - airport, some houses, one shop, petrol station (I really don't know why they need cars out there), bar, guesthouse and a post office. But the trip was a great experience and I managed to do some nice pictures which I present to you just below:



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And small off-topic - last week we had a workshop on electrolysis in one of the high schools in Akureyri - it caused some interest from the local and national press:
















Shot from the local newspaper ...


... and from Icelandic News.