puffins everywhere

<br /><em>View of Risn + Kellingin, from Tjørnuvik beach
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Land Rover whip, near Vestmanna
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Boathouses near Hósvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>First wool sighting, Vestmanna
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>View from Tjørnuvik beach
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Second wool sighting
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>First puffin sighting
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffin cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffins!
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffins in flight!
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>A lamb who thinks he's a puffin
<br />(real close to that cliff edge there)
<br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>We'll call this one Jess
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Third wool sighting
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffin conference
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Goodnight moon
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Jess, by *m
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>One million puffins
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>One solitary Puffin
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Hi *m
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffin burrows
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>(hi dad)
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Hólmur lighthouse
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Edge of the world, where the Northern Gannets nest
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Lamb ears
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Lichen yellow
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Abandoned crane
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Abandoned lift
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Sheep path
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Hello Carl
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Home for 2 days
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Storm + calm
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffin feathers
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffin feathers
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Puffin feathers
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Creek to the sea
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Irish clover
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Trapped on the island
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>Heli rescue
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Mykines Island
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<br /><em>From stormy to sunny
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Vestmanna bird cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Vestmanna bird cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Vestmanna bird cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>En route to Tjørnuvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>En route to Tjørnuvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Vestmanna bird cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Vestmanna bird cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Vestmanna bird cliffs
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Stremoy Island
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<br /><em>Near Gjógv
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Near Gjógv
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>View from behind Risn + Kellingin, Eiði
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Morning Tea, Klaksvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Borðoy Island
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<br /><em>Gjógv camping
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Viðreiði
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>View from the rooftop tent, Gjógv
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>View of Kalsoy cliffs, Gjógv
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Eiði hike
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Near Gjógv
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Sheep butts, also near Gjógv
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Eysturoy Island
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<br /><em>Hvannasund
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Hvannasund
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Hvannasund
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Hvannasund
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Hvannasund
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Hvannasund
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Villingsdalsfjall hike, Enniberg cliff
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Villingsdalsfjall hike, Enniberg cliff
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Into the clouds, Villingsdalsfjall, 844m
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Into the clouds, Villingsdalsfjall, 844m
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Into the clouds, Villingsdalsfjall, 844m
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>We hiked up into those clouds,
<br />from the little church at Viðareiði
<br /><br /><br />| Viðoy Island
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<br /><em>Little glass ships
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Borðoy Island
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<br /><em>Nordoya Fornminnasavn Apothecary, Klaksvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Borðoy Island
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<br /><em>Nordoya Fornminnasavn Apothecary, Klaksvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Borðoy Island
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<br /><em>Nordoya Fornminnasavn Apothecary, Klaksvik
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Borðoy Island
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<br /><em>Tiny ceiling painting (Tindhólmur)
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Borðoy Island
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<br /><em>The Legend of the Selkie, Seal Woman
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Kalsoy Island
<br /><br /><br />Mikladalur has a legend of a selkie.
<br />Seals were believed to be former humans who
<br />voluntarily sought death in the ocean.
<br />Once a year, on Twelfth Night, they were allowed
<br />to come on land, strip off their skins and amuse themselves
<br />as human beings, dancing and enjoying themselves.
<br /><br />A young farmer from Mikladalur once went to
<br />the beach to watch the selkies dance.
<br />There he sees a beautiful selkie maiden shedding
<br />her seal skin, and he is hit by an intense desire for her.
<br />He hides the skin, so that she cannot go back to sea
<br />at the end of the night, and confronts her,
<br />and forces her to marry him.
<br />The man kept her skin in a chest, and
<br />kept the key with him both day and night.
<br />Like this they lived for several years,
<br />having several children together.
<br />One day when out fishing, he discovers
<br />that he has forgotten to bring his key,
<br />and rows back home with his power.
<br />When he returns home, his wife has escaped
<br />back to sea, leaving their children behind,
<br />but has put out the fire and hid away any
<br />sharp objects, so that they wouldn't be harmed.
<br /><br />Then one day it happened that the Mikladalur
<br />men planned to go deep into one of the caverns along
<br />the far coast to hunt the seals that lived there.
<br />The night before they were due to go,
<br />the man’s seal wife appeared to him in a dream
<br />and said that if he went on the seal hunt in the cavern,
<br />he should make sure he didn’t kill the great bull seal
<br />that would be lying at the entrance, for that was her husband.
<br />Nor should he harm the two seal pups deep inside
<br />the cave, for they were her two young sons,
<br />and she described their skins so he would know them.
<br />But the farmer didn’t heed the dream message.
<br />He joined the others on the hunt, and they killed
<br />all the seals they could lay their hands on.
<br />When they got back home, the catch was divided up,
<br />and for his share the farmer received the large bull seal
<br />and both the front and the hind flippers of the two young pups.
<br /><br />In the evening, when the head of the large seal
<br />and the limbs of the small ones had been cooked for dinner,
<br />there was a great crash in the smoke-room,
<br />and the seal woman appeared in the form of a terrifying troll;
<br />she sniffed at the food in the troughs and cried the curse:
<br />‘Here lie the head of my husband with his broad nostrils,
<br />the hand of Hárek and the foot of Fredrik!
<br />Now there shall be revenge, revenge on the men of Mikladalur,
<br />and some will die at sea and others fall from the mountain tops,
<br />until there be as many dead as can link hands all
<br />round the shores of the isle of Kalsoy!’
<br /><br />When she had pronounced these words,
<br />she vanished with a great crash of thunder and was never seen again.
<br />But still today, alas, it so happens from time to time that men
<br />from the village of Mikladalur get drowned at sea or fall from the tops of cliffs;
<br />it must therefore be feared that the number of victims is not yet great enough
<br />for all the dead to link hands around the whole island of Kalsoy.
<br />There stands a statue of the selkie, down at the shore
<br />amidst the crashing surf in Mikladalur.
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<br /><em>Trøllanes
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Kalsoy Island
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<br /><em>Trøllanes
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Kalsoy Island
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<br /><em>Tindhólmur
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Cliffs on the edge of Leitisvatn (Sørvágsvatn)
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Bøur
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Bøur
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Cliffs on the edge of Leitisvatn (Sørvágsvatn)
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Cliffs on the edge of Leitisvatn (Sørvágsvatn)
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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<br /><em>Cliffs on the edge of Leitisvatn (Sørvágsvatn)
<br /><br /><br /><br />| Vagar Island
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