Járnlukt seðlageymsla í kjallara húss á Eskifirði þar sem útibú Landsbanka Íslands var áður verður víngeymsla. Þegar hefur nokkrum hluta hússins verið breytt í hótel en nú er verið að breyta skipan innandyra í húsinu, þannig að herbergjum þar fjölgar úr 14 í 17 og salarkynni verða hentugri. Hótel Eskifjörður heitir staðurinn og að baki […]
ICELAND SPAR Did the Vikings Use It for Navigation? Iceland spar is a clear, transparent, colorless crystallized variety of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Large pieces are split along natural cleavage planes to form natural rhombs. Iceland spar is probably best known for exhibiting the optical property of double refraction – so, anything viewed through the […]
Iceland’s east coast is a rugged fringe of long, V-shaped fjords in between rows of layered, pointy mountains. There are 14 fjords in total (not counting the smaller bays) and each one cut out by the fast-moving glaciers of the ice age. These eastern fjords are said to be the oldest in Iceland, evident in […]
This morning the cruise ship Marco Polo arrived with 820 passangers and 320 in crew, they will be staying from 11:00-18:00