Grimsey Island - Artic Circle

Arrived alongside Grimsey Island around lunchtime and waited for the call for our deck to use the shuttle to the harbour. The plan was obviously changed and a basic free for all was announced. Managed to be onshore at 14:30. Decided to walk to the Globe monument which marks the line of the Arctic Circle. The Islanders have to regularly move the stone as the artic boundary moves allowing Iceland to claim it is an Arctic country even if only by a few hundred yards. Took about an hour to reach the marker with magnificent views everywhere. We carried on past the marker to the northernmost point of the island. Mostly gulls nesting in the rocks but eventually spotted a lone puffin as we made our way back to the harbour. Karen went back to the ship while I decided to go to the south of the island to get pictures of the church and the lighthouse.Læs mere