We're at the halfway point of this blog - or hálfa leið as the Icelanders would say.
That means 6 months of daily blogging about Iceland which has had a grand total of just over 2100 views - a figure which I often pass in a single day over on the LivingGeography blog.
I had originally lined up a rather different year, and one of the main reasons for starting this blog was in preparation for starting to work as a Field Studies Tutor for Rayburn Tours.
It was going to track the development of my subject knowledge of the country, and my learning the language to a basic level to help facilitate discussions with coach drivers, hotel owners and other people I would meet in my daily interactions and to help smooth and improve the experience for the students I would be accompanying. I'll still do that, but have put a halt to it for a while as I want my facts to be up to date and will start afresh with this three months or so before any rescheduled visit. I was due to have been heading for Iceland next week... not any more...
To celebrate half way point, here's the trailer for a new film which has been made in Iceland using historical maps of ice extent and some drone filming.
After Ice - short film preview from Kieran Baxter on Vimeo.
After Ice is a short film that explores how the glacial landscapes of the Hornafjörður region of Southeast Iceland are being affected by climate change. By comparing modern-day drone footage with 3D models created from aerial photography collected by the National Land Survey of Iceland throughout the Twentieth Century, we can gain a glimpse of not only the physical changes but also the aesthetics of a disappearing frozen world.
A project by:
Kieran Baxter and Þorvarður Árnason
Historical imagery based on aerial photography from Landmælingar Íslands / Nation Land Survey of Iceland
Drone filming in Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður / Vatnajökull National Park carried out under special permit
Music - Hugar “Aftur í Tíma”
Styrkt af / Sponsored by:
Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið (verkefnastyrkir) / Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (project grants)
Landsbankinn - Samfélagssjóður (umhverfisstyrkir) / Landsbankinn - Community Fund (environmental grants)
Háskólinn í Dundee / University of Dundee
Þakkir / Thanks:
Jöklaveröld / Glacierworld, Hoffell
Háskóli Íslands / University of Iceland
Veðurstofa Íslands / Icelandic Meteorological Office
Náttúrustofa Suðausturlands / South East Iceland Nature Research Center
Sjónhending
IceGuide Glacier
Adventure
Glacier Trips
Stepman
That means 6 months of daily blogging about Iceland which has had a grand total of just over 2100 views - a figure which I often pass in a single day over on the LivingGeography blog.
I had originally lined up a rather different year, and one of the main reasons for starting this blog was in preparation for starting to work as a Field Studies Tutor for Rayburn Tours.
It was going to track the development of my subject knowledge of the country, and my learning the language to a basic level to help facilitate discussions with coach drivers, hotel owners and other people I would meet in my daily interactions and to help smooth and improve the experience for the students I would be accompanying. I'll still do that, but have put a halt to it for a while as I want my facts to be up to date and will start afresh with this three months or so before any rescheduled visit. I was due to have been heading for Iceland next week... not any more...
To celebrate half way point, here's the trailer for a new film which has been made in Iceland using historical maps of ice extent and some drone filming.
After Ice - short film preview from Kieran Baxter on Vimeo.
After Ice is a short film that explores how the glacial landscapes of the Hornafjörður region of Southeast Iceland are being affected by climate change. By comparing modern-day drone footage with 3D models created from aerial photography collected by the National Land Survey of Iceland throughout the Twentieth Century, we can gain a glimpse of not only the physical changes but also the aesthetics of a disappearing frozen world.
A project by:
Kieran Baxter and Þorvarður Árnason
Historical imagery based on aerial photography from Landmælingar Íslands / Nation Land Survey of Iceland
Drone filming in Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður / Vatnajökull National Park carried out under special permit
Music - Hugar “Aftur í Tíma”
Styrkt af / Sponsored by:
Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið (verkefnastyrkir) / Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (project grants)
Landsbankinn - Samfélagssjóður (umhverfisstyrkir) / Landsbankinn - Community Fund (environmental grants)
Háskólinn í Dundee / University of Dundee
Þakkir / Thanks:
Jöklaveröld / Glacierworld, Hoffell
Háskóli Íslands / University of Iceland
Veðurstofa Íslands / Icelandic Meteorological Office
Náttúrustofa Suðausturlands / South East Iceland Nature Research Center
Sjónhending
IceGuide Glacier
Adventure
Glacier Trips
Stepman
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