BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df7ba32fcd89f3f6f17cb58ce66f7e0e CATEGORIES:Europe CREATED:20170802T121419 SUMMARY:Iceland: Land of Fire & Ice DESCRIPTION:An other-worldly accident of volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, lava fields, geysers, fjords and black sand beaches, Iceland must be seen to be believed .  Astride the American and European tectonic plates, this island on the ed ge of the Arctic Circle is still being shaped by the geologic forces that c reated it.  And, with fewer than one-third of a million people, wildness do minates.  The quality of the birdlife here cannot be understated.  Perusing the mossy fields beyond the capital city of Reykjavík, common roadside bir ds include Snow Bunting, Common Redshank and European Golden-Plover, execut ing slow-motion, butterfly-like display flights.  The lumbering take-off of an immense White-tailed Eagle may also  freeze our progress.   Along the S næfellsnes peninsula, nesting Parasitic Jaegers and Red-throated Loons dot the tundra and coastline.  Lava fields abut the glacier-filled volcano Snæf ellsjökull, home to Rock Ptarmigan and Northern Wheatear.  Basalt cliffs ho ld colonies of all five of Iceland’s breeding alcids, including Thick-bille d Murre, plus large numbers of Black-legged Kittiwake.  Purple Sandpipers a t Grundarfjörður are downright tame, and with luck a knobby-billed King Eid er can be teased out from the more numerous Common Eiders.  Orcas are frequ ently spotted just offshore.  A short boat excursion among the innumerable islets of Breiðafjörður Bay provides excellent views of Atlantic Puffin, Bl ack Guillemot, and European Shag.  Pink-footed Geese graze in the valley bo ttoms, and rushing rivers harbor the improbably patterned Harlequin Duck, w hile Eurasian Wren and Redwing fill wooded lots.  We’re sure to encounter t he magnificent Whooper Swan – at up to 30 pounds, one of the world’s heavie st flying birds.  The picturesque town of Húsavík has emerged as a whale-wa tching hub: White-beaked Dolphin, Minke, Humpback, and Blue Whale are regul ars.  Nearby, Lake Mývatn offers a smörgåsbord of breeding avifauna.  The m ain attraction, the powerful Gyrfalcon, can occur anywhere in the vicinity.   Breeding nowhere else in Europe, Barrow’s Goldeneye shares the tundra pon ds with Common Scoter, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-tailed and Tufted Ducks.  Othe r boreal birds include Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Common Ringed Plover, Black -tailed Godwit, White Wagtail and Meadow Pipit.  Naturally we won’t overloo k stunning waterfalls such as Europe’s largest, the thundering Dettifoss – flowing at a rate of 500 cubic meters per second.  Returning southward, we’ ll take in the geothermal field at Geysir, origin of the very word “geyser. ”  We’ll marvel not only at this namesake feature, but also at the famous S trokkur, erupting every 10 minutes to heights of 100 feet or more.  Iceland ’s ubiquitous natural hot springs are just the surface expression of unimag inable subterranean energy–it is noteworthy that all of Iceland’s electrici ty is generated from geothermal and hydropower.  With no standing army and virtually non-existent crime, Iceland is ranked as the most peaceful countr y in the world.  Join us this summer under the midnight sun in one of the w orld’s most unique and welcoming destinations. \nLeader: John Yerger (index .php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:john-yerger&catid=18 :leaders-and-staff&Itemid=155)\nCost of Iceland includes all accommodat ions, all meals, all ground transportation, and all entrance fees beginning and ending in Reykjavik—$5,495.\nTO REGISTER: Print out a PDF Registration Form (images/borderland/borderland_tours_reg_v4.pdf), call us at (520) 558 -2351 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need Java Script enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloakf294f75bbd6ea3 ee931758d341fc0f31').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyf294f75bbd6ea3e e931758d341fc0f31 = 'info' + '@'; addyf294f75bbd6ea3ee931 758d341fc0f31 = addyf294f75bbd6ea3ee931758d341fc0f31 + 'borderl&# 97;nd-tours' + '.' + 'com?subject=Tou ;r%20registration'; var addy_textf294f75bbd6ea3 ee931758d341fc0f31 = 'send us an email';documen t.getElementById('cloakf294f75bbd6ea3ee931758d341fc0f31').innerHTML += ''+addy_textf294f75bbd6ea3ee931758d341fc0f31+''; .\nPhoto: Kirkjufell and waterfall, Iceland\nPhoto by: David Mark \n (/component/joomgallery/icelan d-photo-gallery.html?Itemid=56)\nView Photo Gallery (/component/joomgallery /iceland-photo-gallery.html?Itemid=56) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

An other-worl dly accident of volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, lava fields, g eysers, fjords and black sand beaches, Iceland must be seen to be believed.   Astride the American and European tectonic plates, this island on th e edge of the Arctic Circle is still being shaped by the geologic forces th at created it.  And, with fewer than one-third of a million people, wi ldness dominates.  The quality of the birdlife here cannot be understa ted.  Perusing the mossy fields beyond the capital city of Reykjavík, common roadside birds include Snow Bunting, Common Redshank and European Go lden-Plover, executing slow-motion, butterfly-like display flights.  T he lumbering take-off of an immense White-tailed Eagle may also  freez e our progress.   Along the Snæfellsnes peninsula, nesting Parasitic J aegers and Red-throated Loons dot the tundra and coastline.  Lava fiel ds abut the glacier-filled volcano Snæfellsjökull, home to Rock Ptarmigan a nd Northern Wheatear.  Basalt cliffs hold colonies of all five of Icel and’s breeding alcids, including Thick-billed Murre, plus large numbers of Black-legged Kittiwake.  Purple Sandpipers at Grundarfjörður are downr ight tame, and with luck a knobby-billed King Eider can be teased out from the more numerous Common Eiders.  Orcas are frequently spotted just of fshore.  A short boat excursion among the innumerable islets of Breiða fjörður Bay provides excellent views of Atlantic Puffin, Black Guillemot, a nd European Shag.  Pink-footed Geese graze in the valley bottoms, and rushing rivers harbor the improbably patterned Harlequin Duck, while Eurasi an Wren and Redwing fill wooded lots.  We’re sure to encounter the mag nificent Whooper Swan – at up to 30 pounds, one of the world’s heaviest fly ing birds.  The picturesque town of Húsavík has emerged as a whale-wat ching hub: White-beaked Dolphin, Minke, Humpback, and Blue Whale are regula rs.  Nearby, Lake Mývatn offers a smörgåsbord of breeding avifauna.&nb sp; The main attraction, the powerful Gyrfalcon, can occur anywhere in the vicinity.  Breeding nowhere else in Europe, Barrow’s Goldeneye shares the tundra ponds with Common Scoter, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-tailed and Tufte d Ducks.  Other boreal birds include Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Common R inged Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, White Wagtail and Meadow Pipit.  Na turally we won’t overlook stunning waterfalls such as Europe’s largest, the thundering Dettifoss – flowing at a rate of 500 cubic meters per second.&n bsp; Returning southward, we’ll take in the geothermal field at Geysir, ori gin of the very word “geyser.”  We’ll marvel not only at this namesake feature, but also at the famous Strokkur, erupting every 10 minutes to hei ghts of 100 feet or more.  Iceland’s ubiquitous natural hot springs ar e just the surface expression of unimaginable subterranean energy–it is not eworthy that all of Iceland’s electricity is generated from geothermal and hydropower.  With no standing army and virtually non-existent crime, I celand is ranked as the most peaceful country in the world.  Join us t his summer under the midnight sun in one of the world’s most unique and wel coming destinations. 

Leader:  John Yerger

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Photo: Kirkjufell and waterfall, Iceland
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