Today started off with lectures at the local research centre again - starting with Climate change to a quick Connection between Climate change and Tourism followed by Harold's presentation about his masters thesis, and PhD process of his study (ongoing) of Tourism and the effects of it.
This afternoon we headed out to an old Armed Forces base initially set up by the British and later taken over by the Americans. Then we proceeded to walk across a black sand beach, picking up stones along the way. Our guide took us across a plain to a Viking Village (actually a movie set which apparently has not yet been used) which we meandered around for a while before moving on back towards the vans. The instructors headed to get the vans (with the one left near our outlet) as we walked off to meet the horses. Both Ava and I had apples to feed them. Our last visit was to a view point on the far side of Horn (a mountain) accessed through a tunnel (Gabi, Stacie and I held our breath). The weather was somewhat misty so the view wasn't as spectacular as it could have been, but we could still see the three glaciers Thor showed us modeled over the next 200 years. Its really depressing to see how much they've changed since their peak size (in this little ice age - started in 1200) in 1890.
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