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ÍSLAND

ÍSLAND. THE ISLAND OF ICE & FIRE. THE ISLAND OF ICE & FIRE. STILL ACTIVE. STILL ACTIVE. 1963 – iceland of Surtsey created by submarine eruption. 1973 – volcanic eruption on iceland of Heimaey. 1996 – jökulhlaup (glacier burst). frequent earthquakes. HOW BIG IT IS?. 2,166,086 km 2.

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ÍSLAND

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  1. ÍSLAND

  2. THE ISLAND OF ICE& FIRE

  3. THE ISLAND OF ICE & FIRE

  4. STILL ACTIVE ...

  5. STILL ACTIVE ... 1963 – iceland of Surtsey created by submarine eruption 1973 – volcanic eruption on iceland of Heimaey 1996 – jökulhlaup (glacier burst) frequent earthquakes

  6. HOW BIG IT IS? 2,166,086 km2 ca 500 km ca 300 km 103.000 km2 320,000inhabitants (63% in the Capital Region) Czech Rep.: 78 866 km2 10,4 million inhabitans

  7. 286 km 950 km 795 km HOW FAR IT IS? 24˚32´ 13˚30´ Arctic Circle 66˚33´ 63˚24´ Faroe Islands

  8. HOW COLD IT IS?

  9. HOW COLD IT IS? wintertime:0˚C ± 5 summertime:10˚C ± 5 Reykjavík: mean annual temperature 5˚C average in January -0.4˚C, in July 11.2˚C

  10. ICELAND´s superlatives oldest parliament in the world – the Althing (founded 930 AD) most northern capital in the world – Reykjavík(64°08' N ) largest glacier in Europe - Vatnajökull (3100 km3, 8300 km², 1000 km thick) most powerful waterfall in Europe - Dettifoss (avarage water flow 200 m3/s, 100 m wide, 44 m high)

  11. A BRIEF HISTORY 874ADIngólfur Arnarson arrives → 1st permanent settlement (Reykjavík)

  12. A BRIEF HISTORY: from Vikings to Economic Crisis 874AD Ingólfur Arnarson arrives → 1st permanent settlement (Reykjavík) 1000AD – Christianity adopted 1262- 1918 under Norwegian → Danish crown 1918 independence 2007ranked as themost developed countryby the United Nations' Human Development Index4th most productivecountry per capita 2008 the nation’s banking system systematically failed

  13. HOW DO THEY SPEAK?ICELANDIC the language of the Vikings medieval Sagas & Eddas Hæ! Bæ! Icelandic alphabet

  14. 1. OUR JOURNEY 2. 3a. 0. 3b. 3d. 3c.

  15. by plane by boat HOW DID WE TRAVEL? by bike by bus by car

  16. on foot...

  17. ... over & through water– the fords

  18. ... through water– the fords

  19. OUR ACCOMODATION

  20. WHICH REGIONS DID WE VISIT? The North The West Fjords NP Jökulsárglúrfjur Mývatn & Krafla Around Vatnajökull „Golden Triangle“ NPSkaftafell& Jökulsárlon

  21. WEST FJORDS rugged but friendly

  22. WEST FJORDS rugged but friendly

  23. around VATNAJÖKULL: Jökulsarlon

  24. VOLCANIC REGIONS around Krafla... Hveragerði & Mývatn

  25. Mývatn & Krafla region

  26. GOLDEN TRIANGLE Þingvellír Gullfoss Golden Falls Geysír Strokkur

  27. WATERFALLS Goðafoss (waterfall of the gods) Gullfoss (Golden Falls) Skógafoss (Forest Falls) Svartifoss (Black Falls) Seljandsfoss

  28. more WATERFALLS.. Dettifoss Stratifoss

  29. TOWNS Akureyri Ísafjörđur Husavík Reykjavík Hveragerđi Vík

  30. Ísafjörđur Husavík Akureyri 2,300 4,000 16,500 TOWNS Reykjavík Vík 120,200 (201,800) 300

  31. Left behind by the Vikings: ICELANDIC SHEEP ~2 million Without sheep Iceland would have been inhabitable.

  32. Left behind by the Vikings: ICELANDIC HORSE 5 gaits: fetgangur = walk, step brokk = trot tölt = faster walk skeið = pace stokk = gallop ~ 80 000 in Iceland~ 100 000 abroad

  33. PLANT LIFE

  34. TREES

  35. BIRDLIFE Alpenschneehuhn Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus

  36. Golden plover Pluvialis apricaria Common Eider Ringed Plover Goldregenpfeiffer BIRDLIFE Charadrius hiaticula Eiderente Sandregenpfeiffer Whooper swan Singschwan Cygnus cygnus Somateria mollissima

  37. Red-necked Phalarope Black-tailed Godwit BIRDLIFE Uferschnepfe Phalaropus lobatus Redshank Limosa limosa Regenbrachvogel Numenius phaeopus Rotschenkel Tringa totanus Odinshünchen Whimbrel

  38. Herring Gull Eissturmvogel Larus argentatus Silbermöwe BIRDLIFE Fulmar Black-headed Gull Fulmarus glacialis Lachmöwe Austernfischer Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Larus ridibundus

  39. Puffin Vík

  40. Lundi Papageitaucher Puffin Fratercula arctica PAPUCHALK PLOSKOZOBÝ

  41. Puffin

  42. Puffin

  43. Westfjords: Surprise in the water

  44. Takk fyrir áheyrnina

  45. Reykjavík

  46. Iceland’s highest peak – Hvannadalshnjúkur(2,119m). Iceland’sbiggest lake – Thingwallavatn (83 m2)

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