A few months ago, just before the lockdown and pandemic, I went to see Felicity Aston speak at the Guildhall in King's Lynn - a wonderful ancient venue where Shakespeare is said to have performed, and which I've been attending for over 30 years.
She was talking about the Euro-Arabian North Pole expedition she led several years earlier.
I had previously worked with Felicity on the resources for her Pole of Cold Expedition, funded by the RGS-IBG.
The materials are available to download here.
After several years of trying to coordinate our diaries, I'd also arranged for Felicity to come into my class the following week. After the talk, I had a pint with a colleague and we talked about the possibilities of schools closing fairly soon. Within a few days, I'd taken the decision to postpone Felicity's visit, and that was that...
I then heard that Felicity had taken on a new adventure, in Iceland.
Some years after their expedition, Felicity married another of the team: Gisli Jonsson, and they were living in Iceland.
Just before the lockdown Felicity, Gisli and family had taken over as the present 'custodians' of Vigur Island. I had to look at a map to find where it was and discovered it really is quite remote. It's in the NW of Iceland, remote from Reykjavik, and it's an island too of course, so one of the best places to sit out the lockdown, and Iceland also handled the outbreak very well.
The island offers accommodation for those wanting to get away from it all.
The island has a Facebook page, a Twitter feed and an Instagram page. There are regular updates of life on the island.
Check the website for opportunities to visit and stay on the island.
This is not the last of her adventuring. Felicity is planning another expedition.
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