Today we head to Bergen, Norway, where we will spend a day before joining the trip. Then it's off to the Orkney, Shetland and Faroe Islands before a near-circumnavigation of Iceland.
We tend to do nature-based trips, with a priority on those that either require us to be fit, or represent species or ecosystems at risk from climate change or other stressors. This trip follows that pattern too, for while puffins and landscapes are objectives (the photos below are from the brochure), the (pre)historic sites on the islands are my reason for going. As the North Atlantic sea levels rise, these amazing places, that were inhabited from the Iron Age through the Elizabethan, are at risk. And of course all that time at sea provides a great chance to see whales and sea birds for the non-archaeologist in the party.
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