Comments on: On the magical energy of Snæfellsnes

By: alda

alda — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:36:31 +0000

Já einmitt. Takk.

By: Sigvaldi Eggertsson

Sigvaldi Eggertsson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:46:11 +0000

I just wanted to remind you that the size of the glacier is 11 square kms, not 11 000 sq kms as you wrote

By: alda

alda — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:29:40 +0000

Thanks everyone!

And thanks especially for the headzup about “circumnavigate” — a careless error on my part. Duly corrected now.

By: Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:42:27 +0000

Stunning! Those photos are fantastic.

I hope the tourist board of Iceland appreciate you!

By: sylvia hikins

sylvia hikins — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:14:50 +0000

It’s the acceleration of climate change that is the important factor. It would be interesting to see a breakdown from 1900 to date that plots the pace of change. You can deny that it’s happening but , we can’t continue to live like ostriches with our heads in the sand. In spite of the big attempts by the skeptics, the overwhelming scientific evidence says otherwise. Climate change is real, is here, and we have to do something about it.
sylvia from viking wirral

By: The Fred from the forums

The Fred from the forums — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:58:29 +0000

On my trip to Iceland I said to my friend who was showing me around “This place is a treasure”. It’s truer than I knew.

Alda, your English is unmistakably better than the native average, but it got that way through continuous work, so it is in the spirit of supporting your efforts rather than criticism that I mention that “circumvent” means “go around” in the sense of avoiding something, specifically something abstract. To play a DVD on Linux, you “circumvent” the content encryption. The investigations may discover that your bankers “circumvented” some laws. But you wouldn’t “circumvent” a washed-out bridge or a road closure.
I say this with all respect: in fact, you fully bilingual people kind of intimidate me, given what I know of the effort involved in learning a language.

By: joeinvegas

joeinvegas — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:18 +0000

Glad there are still places close by you can visit for the first time.

By: Sigvaldi Eggertsson

Sigvaldi Eggertsson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:36:03 +0000

“As a result of global warming, the ice cap has retreated from around 22,000 square km to around 11,000 in just a few years”

Alda, Snæfellsjökull was 22 square kilometers in the year 1900 but has shrunk to ca 11 square kilometers in 110 (not just a few) years.

By: Karen *

Karen * — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:47:42 +0000

Did Reykjavik Excursions arrange that great weather too? Wow, they are really really good.

Great photography Alda!

By: JB in San Diego

JB in San Diego — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:47:45 +0000

Amazing photos! Now… by “circumvent” did you mean “circumnavigate?”