Good news about Iceland! So Einar who is the man in charge of the Iceland photographic expedition contacted me, and he’s really upped the ante quite a bit to help me fill my workshop in July! I am so excited by this. He said he will offer you an additional 10% off by signing up a friend, who will also get 10% off).
This discount is in addition to the 10% off you get already by signing up before the end of May! That’s 20% off your total, and you will share a double room with your friend. So cool!
That means get the word out to your friend and you will BOTH save some money!
What’s great about Einar is that he does everything top notch! These images are from his facebook today, of him taking an expedition up to check out the volcano that erupted recently. He always takes professional vehicles driven by professional drivers on any expedition.
When we go, it will be no different. We will be traveling with Einar and his elite team of locals who know all the nooks and crannies — the most beautiful hidden spots. We will be avoiding the people and the popular tourist places, because his team really knows where each photographic oasis is. And they require special vehicles to get there! Click here for more info on our Adventure in Iceland.
Look at this amazing image, with the volcano going off in the distance!! Wow! So maybe you heard about the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Know that it won’t affect our workshop at all. In fact, it may actually make some scenes more dramatic! Einar says that Iceland has regular volcanic eruptions and this is the 36th or 37th one since 1902. This is not news to them, and is very common, similar to living in Hawaii I suppose. He sent me some facts about volcanos in Iceland, and they are listed below.
One of the things I’m excited most about for the Iceland adventure, is that all the extra costs, the hotels, the travel, the professional drivers, the elite team of local guides, the weather team we will have watching things for us — everything is included! There is no way you will ever find another adventure like this ever. And on top of it all, we will be creating some of the coolest photographs ever! Please pass this info on to anyone you think is interested.
I’ve created a flyer that you can print out, show, or even email around. Click on it to see it in a full printable view. Or send people this address so they can see it or print it themselves (https://brycox.com/iceland/BryCox_Iceland_Flyer-200p-web.jpg)
And you can always go here for more info too: https://brycox.com/iceland
Some facts about Iceland and Volcanos from Einar:
- We here in Iceland are experiencing mother nature blowing out a little once again. It is like her house cleaning. It is the 36t or 37th volcano eruption since 1902, so it is no news to us.
- This time the eruption is in Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe, approx 8,100 square km. It is in a place on the glacier called Grimsvotn or the “Waters of Grimm”.
- Eruption in that areas are common and tend to be in a wave frequency. But there is an active volcano there and regularly there is a flood from underneath the glacier, like an outburst flood of melted water which comes flowing from under the rim of the glacier on the south side and floods down to the sea over a sand desert every 2nd or 3rd year.
- Last autumn was a outburst flood from Grimsvont. So now when there is an eruption there, there is little ice or water to stop the eruption going through. But it is still all in a wet area so the eruption gushes up in the form of ash. It was estimated about 12 million tons of ash was gushing up in the air each second y’day.
- That is enormous amount of ash going up in the air. Some of it falls down on land on the south-east of Iceland, but a lot of it goes high up in the air, as far as 12 – 15 thousand meters and the blows with the high wind over to the East and South East of Iceland.
- Some times when we hear figures like 12 million tons of ash pr. second they are beyond our imagination. But then we are often not aware of that 2-3 inches of rain falling on to 10.000 square km area is enormous amount of water.
- I just spoke with my uncle who is a farmer on a farm close to Vatnajokull where my mother was born and where I used to work during summer holidays when I was young. Visibility y’day was no more than dusk, but it is little bit better now. All his sheep and animals are in house or by the barns where they can get hey and fresh water. So there is no one that has been effected by this eruption in other way that some people have to work long hours to look after their stock.
- In Iceland we have excellent public rescue and safety system. There is a fully computerized high technical central in Reykjavik linked to stations around the country which are activated under those circumstances. They use special vehicles, even water and ash tight, to drive between places to assist people, hand out breathing masks and be sure everyone has fresh water and enough food, etc.
- The news people tend to make the most of this. Armageddon or Ice age is beginning or what ever, but then within two to three days they have found something else to sell.
- Basically I want you all to know this will in no way have effect on our FocusOnNature workshops. It might make some scenarios more dramatic, but in other way it does not have any effect on our program.
Thank you Einar, for that great information. Don’t forget to pass around the poster on my Iceland site. Link to it, pass it around, or even print it out. Check it out above or get it and any other info you need at https://brycox.com/iceland
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