Hello all, so here comes my inaugural post from the land of perpetal dusk... Iceland. Currently I sit in the Myvatn Research station laboratory (about 4 miles from our house) at 11:30 pm and it is still light outside. And it will be until about oh... I don't know, maybe 2 am, and then it will probably be light again at 4ish. Anyway, I am here safe and sound, after what amounted to two days of travel when you calculate in time zone changes. (left STL at 10am on May 19, and arrived in Akureyri, Iceland at appx. 1 pm on the 20th)
After a quick look around the field station and barn it was time to go unpack and whatnot. We have a great house, much better than I was expecting, and compared to the Double Wide, A.K.A. the Palace of Cat Piss, this place is like the Ritz, or maybe the Taj (although not a tomb, hopefully. Also an UNDERC reference [the Taj, not the tomb ]). Our place is on a peninsula named Kálfaströnd, affectionately known as Kal. With it being light here so long, I had to put on this mask in order to get some darkness (thanks, mom). James said that I should wear a mask every day for my co-worker's sake... thanks man.
After a quick look around the field station and barn it was time to go unpack and whatnot. We have a great house, much better than I was expecting, and compared to the Double Wide, A.K.A. the Palace of Cat Piss, this place is like the Ritz, or maybe the Taj (although not a tomb, hopefully. Also an UNDERC reference [the Taj, not the tomb ]). Our place is on a peninsula named Kálfaströnd, affectionately known as Kal. With it being light here so long, I had to put on this mask in order to get some darkness (thanks, mom). James said that I should wear a mask every day for my co-worker's sake... thanks man.
Our house on Kal
Actually our house on Kal
I ran out of time to post this when I wanted so it’s a day later. Soon I’ll get into some of the dat to day stuff we have going on, but we’re incredibly busy right now, working 10-12 hour days trying to get all our stuff set up. Check out the flickr site or some pics I put up. More will come shortly. Sorry for the current lack of captions. www.flickr.com/photos/tedkratschmer
I'm beginning to get aquainted with this place. It's really quite spectacular, and really the photos don't do it justice. The names are the hardest part. I just don’t get it yet… I’m picking things up slowly but surely. I’ll post again soon!
Skál! (Cheers!)
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