some really good links to short films of iceland

http://www.pegasus.is/popup.jsp?FileName=http://www.pegasus.is/media/movies/reelwinter06.mov

http://www.pegasus.is/popup.jsp?FileName=http://www.pegasus.is/media/movies/Location_demo_new.mov

http://www.lux.is/lux/english/images/movies/Luxnet.mov

the movies are made by an icelandic company "Pegasus Pan Arctica"

Life saving equipment...

Last night anna and I went to the rescue team (bjørgunarsveit) meeting. this time we had to (re)learn about the use of floating suits, how to put them on and use the. after jumping from a ferrie we had a swim in the harbour and did some exercises. the suit wasn't completely water proof as i got a bit wet on my arms.

after 30 min in the arctic water your fingers start to feel numb, so i guess lying in the big ocean for many hours in bad weather is no joke...

a good course and good fun!

the proud vikings

Here Leif Eriksson stands on a hill overlooking Reykjavik and it's citizens as he has done for such a long time...
the vikings came to this deserted and unhostible island fore more than thousand years ago. the built it up to be a modern and thriveing society of 320 000 inhabitants.

there have been many crisis here before, vulcano eruptions, the black deat (not the liquor ), harsh climate, earthquakes, famine and starvation, but the vikings have always managed to get up and continue going...
THEY WILL RISE AGAIN...

first we took the beautifull women of Britain and now they think we stole their money!
WELL we stole the beautifull women because that's what left here...

new iceland

check out this link...
http://www.newiceland.net/

Here everything is well. i have recovered from my sickness and feel a lot healthier and lighter...
there is a lot to do in school, many articles have to be read and a lot of things to understand...but i will manage with a little help with time...

the wonderful winter weather stopped and we are now in a rainy period, but it doesn't matter when you are sitting in the hot springs reflecting and enjoying life!

i put out some new pictures on my picture page

stay healthy

leitarnamskeid at uflsjotvatnid

this weekend we went to ulfsjotvatnid, just south of thingvallavatnid. the weather was cold and clear and we went through all the basics for search and rescue on ground.

i got some kind of deasease/bacterias in my so on my way back home on sunday i started to feel really ill. after coming back home i threw up a couple of times and then i have had diareha since. i really haven´t felt in shape for anything. since sunday i have lost 4 kg of weight and eaten a lot of imodium to try to set the stomach arest...

some kind of illness had to come after all the years in greenland without any bacterias...

hopefully this will not last forever...

winter and bjørgunarsveitina

this morning it was snowing a lot in reykjavik
the john lennon peace light in reykjavik
helicopter rescue in reykjavik harbour
leitarnamskeid at ulfjotsvatni this weekend

early winter in Reykjavik

last night it started snowing here in my new town, first a little bit then more and more and windy. this mornig the sun was shining and everything was covered in 5-10 cm of snow. a white blanket had draped everything. what a beauty:0)
then we will just have to wait and see how long it will last, just enjoy the moment and its beauty...

for lunch i went with my uncle to a rotary meating in "Vikin" in reykjavik, a new museum about the icelandic fishing history. we had a really good fish soup and a tour around the museum.
the want me to have a presentation about Sirius, so i will do so in the near future...

enjoy autumn or winter or whatever it is at your place...