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On Monday, a group of us hiked to a farm where they'd previously found a really nice tephra sequence because we wanted to take samples. This hike involved driving down a winding dirt road, taking our boots off to wade through streams four seperate times, sliding under a fence on our backs, and not eating lunch till 3:30. We dug two big holes and made lots of tiny holes, and saw the most beautiful tephra sequence ever, and took samples and refilled the big holes. And saw a completely gorgeous waterfall. We used my cheap GPS as backup to help find the place.
It was awesome.
Because Monday was the most gorgeous day yet in a summer of more gorgeous days than all previous field seasons combined, after dinner went to to Grettir's Pool. Grettir's Pool is two small stone-lined hot springs right next to the Artic Ocean (or the North Atlantic or Skagafjord, depending on who you ask). It features prominently in the Saga of Grettir the Strong. We sat in the pool and drank malt soda and had a dramatic reading of one chapter of the saga, and then we jumped in the Arctic Ocean. And then got back in the spring. And then I jumped in the Arctic Ocean again.
You step onto a rock in the Arctic Ocean, and it's very very cold, and then you step two feet down onto another rock, and it's freezing, and then you duck your head under and when you come back up you just shriek with joy, and I can't explain it, but it's amazing.
Iceland is so cool.
On Tuesday we finished soils core at one of the farms we started last week. I correctly identified a turf wall in a core sample! I'm getting good at this! (I don't know what I'm going to do when I get back to American archaeology and there's no tephra.) I really like reading tephra. I'm starting to vaguely think of ways I could get a thesis out of this stuff.
Today we finished all the coring we need to do on one farm, and dug another big hole. Tomorrow we start a new farm!
I haven't taken and pictures since Monday, because we've been in the same places as before.
We get two days off this weekend. I think I'm going to reserve a car and drive whoever wants to go to Myvotn (where there is awesome geology), and then do something a little bit closer for the second day. Next weekend is a three-day and I think a bunch of us will head to the Rekjavik area. Then for the rest of the summer we only get one-days ... we might also take a day trip either rafting, or to Grimsey, an island that spans the Arctic Circle.
I've put in an order for stamps, so maybe I'll get some postcards sent eventually.
( she's crossing the fjord, her white stallion spits foam like a madman (PICTURES) )
It was awesome.
Because Monday was the most gorgeous day yet in a summer of more gorgeous days than all previous field seasons combined, after dinner went to to Grettir's Pool. Grettir's Pool is two small stone-lined hot springs right next to the Artic Ocean (or the North Atlantic or Skagafjord, depending on who you ask). It features prominently in the Saga of Grettir the Strong. We sat in the pool and drank malt soda and had a dramatic reading of one chapter of the saga, and then we jumped in the Arctic Ocean. And then got back in the spring. And then I jumped in the Arctic Ocean again.
You step onto a rock in the Arctic Ocean, and it's very very cold, and then you step two feet down onto another rock, and it's freezing, and then you duck your head under and when you come back up you just shriek with joy, and I can't explain it, but it's amazing.
Iceland is so cool.
On Tuesday we finished soils core at one of the farms we started last week. I correctly identified a turf wall in a core sample! I'm getting good at this! (I don't know what I'm going to do when I get back to American archaeology and there's no tephra.) I really like reading tephra. I'm starting to vaguely think of ways I could get a thesis out of this stuff.
Today we finished all the coring we need to do on one farm, and dug another big hole. Tomorrow we start a new farm!
I haven't taken and pictures since Monday, because we've been in the same places as before.
We get two days off this weekend. I think I'm going to reserve a car and drive whoever wants to go to Myvotn (where there is awesome geology), and then do something a little bit closer for the second day. Next weekend is a three-day and I think a bunch of us will head to the Rekjavik area. Then for the rest of the summer we only get one-days ... we might also take a day trip either rafting, or to Grimsey, an island that spans the Arctic Circle.
I've put in an order for stamps, so maybe I'll get some postcards sent eventually.
( she's crossing the fjord, her white stallion spits foam like a madman (PICTURES) )
