Rúnar Karlsson Rúnar Karlsson | Monday February 9 - 2009

Icelanders still enjoying good weather

Hlynur heading up the mountain
Hlynur heading up the mountain
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We´ve been blessed with unusually long period of high pressure area over Iceland lately and it´s been sunny,cold and calm. The ski area in Isafjordur has been busy and me and my friend Hlynur took advantage of the great conditions last weekend. The plan was to ski and use kites to travel across the high plateu to the South of Isafjordur. The forecast was for two digits elow zero, clear sky and fresh breeze. The wind only lasted for 20 minutes, so we had to change our plan...

The sky was amazing during the night with Northern lights racing across the sky and the stars looked so close you thought you could grab them with your hands.

 

Great weekend

 

 

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