Monday our port-of-cal was the town of Isafjordur in the north-west part of Iceland. It has a population of about 2600.
Kathy did an excursion called "Arctic Foxes of Avalanches" and I did "Odd the Beaten Track: Cruise to Vigur Island" This island has a number of bird colonies on it.
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| There was anothjer sma;ller cruise nship in port also |
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| A plane landing at the small airport here |
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| The boat I did my excursion on |
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| Off we go to Vigur Island |
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| A fish farm |
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| Vigur Island |
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| Vigur is a privately owned Island with one farm |
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| Approaching the dock |
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| off we get |
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| Our first Puffin who was sitting on a rock to greet us. |
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| A Black Guillemt. There is a colony of them here |
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| There is a colony of Arctic Terns here also |
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| And a colony of Common Eiders |
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| Another Puffin |
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| An Eider on a nest |
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| Arctic Terns |
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| on a trail to see more Puffins |
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| They server coffee and pastry |
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| Eider down. They pick it by hand from the nests after the eggs have hatched and the nests abandoned |
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| We have left the dock |
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| A bank of fog settled over part of the fjord |
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| Almost back to town |
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| Approaching the dock |
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| Therwe is a bre-pub nearby |
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| I tried 2 different drafts |
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| At sunset time, there was heavy fog |
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