Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Hornbjarg, part 1

We took a longer but mercifully calmer boat ride to the Hornbjarg, a rocky peninsula just five or so miles short of the Arctic Circle. Here's a map from the GPS system in the boat:
Vast meadows of flowers:
The charming Arctic Fox in his summer coat puts in an appearance. This one was not much more than cat-sized, and was clearly unafraid and curious.
Here you can see ear-tags, put there by a biologist working in the area:
View down the bird-cliff. A long way down.
Best picture of us.

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