A couple of days ago I was arranging my trip to Quebec, Canada that is coming up in two weeks. I had two options, either use a Finnair flight or an Icelandair flight. The advantage of the Finnair flights was that I would get to use my normal airline, collect points and spend a little bit less time on the trip. The good thing with the Icelandair flight would have been that I would have been able to stay a day or two in Iceland, the tickets were a little bit cheaper and travel schedule more relaxed. My plan was to go check out the summer skiing possibilities on
Myrdalsjókull, a glacier that sits on top of the
Katla volcano. If you remember
Eyjafjallajökull from last year, Katla is next to it but much bigger.
I ended up booking the Finnair flights, mostly because I had to no time for additional skiing.
That's a good thing.
In yesterday's news they were reporting
major flooding in the area, and it is suspected that Katla is erupting.
The flood
washed away a bridge and cut a major traffic route. According to Wikipedia, "Helicopter pilots flying over the glacier also reported cracks in the glacier, suggesting a large meltdown of the glacier on the south-eastern rim of the Katla crater".
Although... going there would have enabled me to enjoy
two of my hobbies, skiing
and volcano-watching... hmm...
Photo credits (c) 2010 by Jari Arkko and 2011 by the
Living Geography blog
The flood washed away a bridge and cut a major traffic route. According to Wikipedia, "Helicopter pilots flying over the glacier also reported cracks in the glacier, suggesting a large meltdown of the glacier on the south-eastern rim of the Katla crater".
Jari,
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Cheers
Thanks for the information, Shree. I'll use them the next time I'm here. Its always a bit hard to know beforehand what is the best organization to help you organize something.
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