Iceland Westfjörds
Uno de los lugares mas remotos de Islandia son los fiordos del oeste, el turismo cada vez mas mayoritario en la isla de hielo viaja en masa al sur y al este del país pero deja siempre sin visitar los fiordos del oeste, porque? las carreteras la mayor parte de ellas sin asfaltar contribuyen con dificultad a incluir esta region en sus roads trips porque se necesitan varios días para poder ver bien toda el area, gracias a eso los que nos aventuramos en esa maravillosa región podemos disfrutar de un paisaje virgen y salvaje sobre todo en la reserva natural de Hornstrandir la perla mas remota de Islandia.
En este video a vista de dron mavicpro recorreremos la mayor parte de los fiordos del oeste asi es la lista de lo rodado: Hellulaug,Tálknafjörður, Bíldudalur, Breiðavík Beach, Rauðisandur Beach, Patreksfjörður, Látrabjarg, Þingeyri, Dýrafjörður, Dynjandi fjörd and Dynjandi waterfall, Bolungarvik, Suðureyri, Flateyri, Ísafjörður, en Hornstrandir natural reserve, Hesteryi, Hornvik y los arcos naturales de Gathamar, Ballenas jorobadas en Bolungarvik, Súðavík, Vigur Island y terminamos en Djúpavik y su fiordo donde se rodó la pelicula de la Liga de la Justicia.
Hornstrandir / Island 2016 (Solo-Trekking)
Solo-Trekking Hornstrandir from Veiðileysufjörður to Hrafnfjörður
via Hornvík (Höfn)
via Horn/Hornbjarg
via Látravik
via Smiðjuvík
via Bolungarvik
Music under CC licensing: by Isaac Graham
Track 1: Empty Vessels
Track 2: When I Find Gold
Track 3: Heat Exhaustion
Track 4: Karl Marx And The Reds
Islande (Iceland part 2 ) - Hornstrandir
Randonnée dans les terres d'Hornstrandir
LAISSEZ VOS COMMENTAIRES
Iceland 1975, Castlebrae in Hornstrandir
Hornstrandir is the remote peninsula of NW Iceland, north of Drangajökull, that protrudes into the Arctic Ocean. Snow-covered and depopulated, Hornstrandir was only occassionally visited, yet offered unique opportunities for a school expediion. No one had lived permanently in the area for over 20 years, but almost every fjord and bay is the site of a former farmstead which had provided a family's livelihood. The expedition was made possible by a Sir Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, and financial support from Castlebrae High School, Edinburgh Corporation and the Young Explorers Trust
Hornstrandir á hausnum
Hornstrandir 5.5.2012 tekið innan úr flugvélinni.
o Isafjordur, Iceland – Sep 11, 2015 – Traveling Made-up Continents by Gillicuddy
A visit to Hesteyri with its outstanding unique untouched nature is like taking a tour to the last century. Hesteyri is an old fishing village in the nature reserve Hornstrandir which is on the furthest point of the northwest of Iceland. The village’s prime time was 100 years ago but in 1952 the last residents left. The ruin of the old whaling station is a reminder of the good old times. Today there are still 10 houses in the original style and being used as summerhouses. You can only travel by boat to Hesteyri from the middle of June till the middle of August. We took a hike along the shore, spotted seals and even an Arctic fox. A serene waterfall flows down from the highlands; this place is just beautiful, I bet the folks that left regretted their decision. While boating back, we even caught glimpses of dorsal fins surfacing by killer whales and whales. It was a good day.
Music is Traveling Made-up Continents by Gillicuddy.
Hesteyri Iceland
Our tour of this ghost village, abandoned when the herring moved away and left the fishery without fish.
On a bright summer night at Breiðavík in the Westfjords of Iceland
#destinationIceland: Bolafjall 20.08.2016
Il monte Bolafjall si trova in Islanda, nei FIordi Occidentali ed è alto 625 m s.l.m.
Secondo una voce diffusa sarebbe possibile vedere la Groenlandia a occhio nudo quando il cielo è terso, in realtà ciò è impossibile se non per un effetto di Fata Morgana.
La costruzione che si vede in primo piano è una stazione radar costruita dalla NATO tra il 1985 e il 1988 e divenuta operativa nel 1992; attualmente è utilizzata dalla Icelandic Coast Guard per la sorveglianza del traffico aereo nel raggio di 460km.
Le terre che si vedono dall'altra parte del fiordo sono totalmente disabitate dal 1952 e fanno parte della Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, fondata nel 1975.
Iceland 2018 Westfjords Road Trip
Road trip thru Iceland's Westfjords early May 2018.
Original music by Paul Saunders.
All images / video by Nick Pastinica.
Journey to Fljótavík -Ж♫-
A 1976 sea kayak journey into the wild and uninhabited Hornstrandir peninsular of NW Iceland from Bolungarvík. Hornstrandir is a remote area of lava plateaux, broad bays and deep fjords, with no permanent inhabitants. In the summer time the ungrazed fields of buttercups show the sites of the many former farmsteads.
Aðalvík had a population of over a hundred at the beginning of the twentieth century, but the last families left Sæból in 1952. Fljótavík and all the other bays and fjords in Hornstrandir were abandoned around the same time and in 1975 the whole of Hornstrandir was designated as a nature reserve. Today many Icelanders return to, and have upgraded, their formerly abandoned ancestral homes.
Logistically the key problems were the 20km crossing of Ísafjarðardjúp, the taste of fibreglass that permeated our food from the newly made sea kayaks, the non-existence of digital/waterproof cameras and the wind.......but it was so worth it!
Music is Fljótavík, by the tremendous Icelandic musician, Sigur Rós. The track is from Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust which was published 32 years after the photographs were taken!
Backcountry Skiing in Iceland
Great skiing in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve in NW Iceland, making fresh track everyday from the highest tops down to sea level. We stayed onboard a 60ft sailing yacht, a perfect floating backcountry hut. More info: boreaadventures.com
Hornstrandir 07 2002
Hornstrandir im NW von Island ist ein Naturschutzgebiet und nur mit von erfahrenen Seeleuten gesteuertem Boot von Isafjördur oder von Bolungarvik aus erreichbar.
Übernachtung in Hütten oder im Zelt, keine Versorgung mit Lebensmitteln vor Ort, viele Fische, viele Seevögel ind immer wieder der Polarfuchs neben den Wanderern aus verschiedenen Ländern und auch aus Island. Ob Wandern in Hornstrandir derzeit als Komplettreise angeboten wird, weiß ich nicht. Die Agentur am Hafen in Isafjördur 15:45 Westtour vermittelt gegen Voranmeldung eine Bootsfahrt und organisiert möglicherweise auch die Verpflegung sowie Kühlboxen.
Hornvik
Hornstrandir national park
Drangajökull og Hornbjarg
Flug þann 11. ágúst 2011 yfir Drangajökul og Hornbjarg (534 metra hátt)
Flight over Drangajökull glacier and the cliff Hornbjarg (534 m. high)
Music: Ice plains of Nomahdee by Rick Vanman
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Today, I stopped at the Isafjordur cruise terminal for merely 5 hours, I was able to walk around Isafjordur, Iceland and soak up it's amazing beauty. This place is amazing! The landscape is so dramatic!
I tried my best to capture as many beautiful shots as possible, but time was running against me.
Renards Polaires - Hornvik (Islande Juillet 2012)
Hornstrandir est la péninsule la plus septentrionale d'Islande. Elle est située dans la région des fjords de l'ouest, au nord du fjord Jökulfirðir, et au nord-ouest du glacier Drangajökull. Par extension, ce nom désigne toutes les terres incluses dans la réserve naturelle de même nom, établie en 1975.
On dénombre environ 260 espèces de plantes à fleurs et fougères. Du fait de l'absence de moutons dans la péninsule, certaines de ces espèces ont pu se développer alors qu'elles sont rares dans le reste de la région.
L'animal presque emblématique de la région est le renard polaire. Il est entièrement protégé dans la réserve, en particulier contre la chasse intensive dont il a fait l'objet dans l'ensemble du pays pour protéger les moutons.
La réserve possède également d'importantes colonies d'oiseaux marins, nichant en particulier dans les falaises de Hornbjarg et Hælavíkurbjarg. Ces falaises à elles seules réunissent environ 400 000 couples d'alcidés, dont 70 000 couples de petits pingouins et 5 000 de macareux moines. On y trouve aussi une grande concentration de mouettes tridactyles, de guillemots de Troïl et de guillemots de Brünnich.
Il n'y a aucune route menant à Hornstrandir. Le seul moyen d'accès est le bateau. Trois compagnies proposent des trajets réguliers vers la péninsule, Sjóferðir à partir d'Ísafjörður, Freydís depuis Norðurfjörður et Bjarnarnes depuis Bolungarvík. Les bateaux accostent entre autres dans les anciens villages d'Hesteyri, Grunnavík et Hrafnfjörður dans le Jökulfirðir et ceux d'Aðalvík et Hornvík sur la façade nord de la péninsule.
Westfjords: Dominated by dramatic large fjords and towering cliffs
The Westfjords in Iceland, dominated by dramatic large fjords, steep mountains and towering cliffs rising high from the sea, are one of the most scattered populated region of Iceland and often thought to have the most purest nature. The Westfjords are rich of birdlife and the region is renowned for witchcraft, sorcerers and wizards.
Read more about the Westfjords here:
Westfjords wildlife
Flora and fauna in the Westfjords of Iceland.