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                    <title>15 July  Reykjavik to Seattle</title>
                    <description>A leisurely breakfast many slept in as we all had different departure plans. Raggi having set everything up departed for a camping trip on a secluded fjord island in the northwest. Wayne and I joined by Joan and Milbrey headed for a soak at the Blue Lagoon on the way to the Keflavik airport. The lagoon is a man made pool that captures the outlet water from the geothermal power plant for Rey</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-733882.html</link>
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                    <title>14 July  Myvatn to Akureyri to Reykjavik</title>
                    <description>Our last day together included two crater hikes before lunch a drive to Akureyri a flight back to Reykjavik and dinner near the pond. The morning hikes took us to Namafjall and Hverfjall two overlapping calderas. Before and after hiking up to the main rim of Namafjall we took in the airs of the nearby mud geysers. The pumice trails easily gave way under our feet and we were fortunate to avoid </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/North/Myvatn/blog-733868.html</link>
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                    <title>13 July  Askja  Viti</title>
                    <description>Skirting Odadahraun a vast lava field so large that it is sometimes referred to as a lava desert we followed the flow of Jokulsa a Fjollum crossing several of its tributaries. Our destination was the Askja caldera. After a couple of hours the landscape turned to pumice fields before we stopped at the trail head leading into the caldera. Shortly before our arrival we passed through the area where</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/North/Myvatn/blog-733857.html</link>
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                    <title>12 July Southeast to North Central  Hofn to Myvatn</title>
                    <description>This was a driving day  repositioning to the Myvatn area for a few hikes in the north central area of the country. Before leaving Hofn we took in the Glacier Museum. Besides the historical and geologic displays was a running loop of the Aston Martin car chase scene from the James Bond film Die Another Day. The scene was filmed on Jokulsarlon which had been blocked and allowed to freeze. Scenes of</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/North/Myvatn/blog-733808.html</link>
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                    <title>11 July Along the Coast</title>
                    <description>This was an ocean day although Vatnajokull was ever present. After a short ride to Oraefi we boarded a tractor pulled hay ride. However there was no hay on the trailer and we headed out over a sandy plain that had once been farmland to the offshore landmass of Ingolfshofoi. This is near to where Ingolfur Arnarson Iceland39s first Nordic settler first made his home. The area is a protected </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/South/Hofn/blog-733637.html</link>
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                    <title>10 July</title>
                    <description>The day began with a stop at the Vatnajokull National Park western offices and museum for a talk by the director of the park39s western region. Vatnajokull is the glaicer in the southeastern part of the country that covers roughly 18 of Iceland. As we found later in the day it is also the name of a local beer that uses indigenous thyme for a slight floral taste. In addition to the midAtlantic</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/South/Hofn/blog-733617.html</link>
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                    <title>Laki 9 July</title>
                    <description>After a short back track on the Ring Road we left the Eldhraun lava plain and headed north toward Laki. We passed through an area of faux cones created by the Laki eruption of 1783  1784. Nearing the Lakagiger lava plain we made a stop at another waterfall whose name I did not record and cannot find on the map. Enjoy the photos. Most of the day was spent hiking on and around Laki. We had periods </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/South/Kirkjubaejarklaustur/blog-733604.html</link>
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                    <title>8 July Fludir to Kirkjubaejarklauster</title>
                    <description>Our first day39s driver Matti left us yesterday and this morning we met Olie our driver for the remainder of the trip. He would turn out to be wealth of information if one asked. A morning drive towards MyrdalsJokull the country39s southernmost glacier offered us views across the lava plains toward Hekla. This volcano was believed to be the entrance to hell the name being one of several</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/South/Kirkjubaejarklaustur/blog-733193.html</link>
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                    <title>7 July Reykjavik to Fludir</title>
                    <description>After breakfast it was on to Thingvellir National Park on the north shore of Thingvallavatn Icelands39 largest natural lake. The park is a UNESCO Heritage site as it where the seperation of the North American and European tectonic plates is measured. Here the plates are currently moving apart at 2 cm  year. The rift runs through the center of the country from southwest to northeast and is sur</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Fludir/blog-733021.html</link>
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                    <title>5  6 July  Seattle to Reykjavik</title>
                    <description>Departed SeaTac Thursday afternoon on a direct Icelandair flight to Keflavik. Landed Friday morning and were met by Raggi our guide for the next 10 days. As the rooms were not ready yet we dropped our bags at the hotel and took off on a walking tour of old Reykjavik.After an afternoon of further sight seeing shopping napping we met up for a seafood dinner before heading off to an evening of ad</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-732982.html</link>
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                    <title>Iceland</title>
                    <description>From 5  15 July 2012 I was on a hiking trip in Iceland. It involved driving to different sites around the country one or two hikes a day along with stops at various points of interest then ending up at our accommodations for dinner. Sometimes we spent two nights at the same location. While not an all out hiking and camping trip this method of travel allowed us to experience more of the country</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-732969.html</link>
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                    <title>Back in the Northwest</title>
                    <description>Welcomed home by a Pineapple Express windstorms a tornado in Oregon and my friends in Minneapolis and Chicago have had it worse.  Makes me long for a sunny Antarctica day with grilled sandwiches on the floating ice for tea time.I ran a slide show throughout each of my classes on Monday it took the edge off my 9th Graders' struggles with chemistry and provided a pleasant distraction for the Bio</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-553162.html</link>
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                    <title>0809 December 2010</title>
                    <description>An uneventful day across Drake Passage.  The Clelia II is well astern of us but making good speed for her.  A few other ships have passed by her to check on her well being.  We have had several good lectures and the day ended with a reception hosted by the Captain.  Anyone who wanted to contribute a few photos did so and these were out into a slide show that played during the reception.  A.M. 9 De</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-551932.html</link>
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                    <title>57 December 2010</title>
                    <description>Sunday morning found the ship slow steaming in Neumayer Channel.  Two of the staff of the British Antarctic Heritage Trust came on board for breakfast and gave a short talk on the former base at Port Lockroy.  The base is now in the British Antarctic Territory designated as a historic site and is being restored to its original configuration as Base A during World War II.  We toured the fac</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-551606.html</link>
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                    <title>0304 December 2010</title>
                    <description>Today we pushed through the ice to make it across the Antarctic Circle.  We had hoped to make it into Crystal Sound but the ice was too thick so we headed to open ocean for much of the day.  After crossing the circle the Captain found some good inside water but we were in the ice all day.  Other highlights were a Zodiac ride around islands that the ship had not been to before and seeing an Empero</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-551074.html</link>
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                    <title>02 December 2010</title>
                    <description>Morning finds us passing through the Gerlache Strait looking at growlers and bergy bits outside my window.  Lots of amazing scenery with floating ice and snow and ice covered crags in the background.  We came across many humpback whales including a mother and calf pair that the ship turned around to observe for a half hour.  The ship is on course for a lee area where we can kayak later this morni</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-550727.html</link>
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                    <title>01 December 2010</title>
                    <description>0830 Landfall  Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands.  Headed through Boyd Straight on to Deception Island.  Deception Island is so named because the early explorers missed the entrance into the caldera.  Years later whalers discovered it and the lagoon became a whaling base.  The island is a volcano the last eruptions coming in the late 1960s.  A section of the crater has eroded opening i</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-550501.html</link>
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                    <title>30 November 2010</title>
                    <description>30 November 2010Sunrise 0319.  Our cabin is on the port side slightly aft of midships about 5 meters above the waterline.  An early morning walk around the decks landed me on the Bridge.  In less than an hour of coffee and bird watching with the Bridge watch and a naturalist we had observed 11 different species of sea birds from the large Wandering Albatross to the smaller Pintado petrel.  Now i</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-550268.html</link>
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                    <title>27  29 November 2010</title>
                    <description>27  28 November 2010Checked in at SeaTac with no security hassles.  I havent figured what the big deal is about the new scanners  quick and efficient.Connected through DallasFort Worth on to Santiago Chile.  Landed at Santiago AM on the 28th.  While waiting for the bus I found out that one of the naturalists on the staff lives across the street from The Caroline  an aprs golf haun</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-550243.html</link>
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                    <title>Heading South</title>
                    <description>Saturday morning I board a flight that starts me towards Santiago Chile.  After a night there I'll catch a flight to Ushuaia Argentina.  A catamaran cruise in the Beagle Channel is planned before boarding the ship that will take me to Antarctica the one continent I have yet to explore.With school closed today and tomorrow due to ice the lead up to my departure is flavored with modifying lesson</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/blog-548729.html</link>
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