No flights due to ash from Iceland

Flights in the UK, Norway, Sweden and Ireland early this morning were cancelled as Ash from the eruption of a volanco beneath Iceland's "Eyjafjalla Glacier" moved east across the Atlantic. Airport Iceland will be still open today.

Yesterday came two floods from the glacier and damaged the main road. Ash from the eruption can damage vegetation and animal life on a large area. Fishing areas near the coast are also in risk after floods from the glacier.

Bad weather, fog and ash close view to the volcano today.

More information from the Civil Protection Department.

Volcanic eruptions under the ice started

A new eruption began last night under glacier "Eyjafjallajokull" in sauth Iceland, and melted a hole in the glacier. High risk of flooding in the river "Markarfljot" and under the mountain "Eyjafjoll". The main road, National Route 1, is now closed in this area.

The Civil Protection Department tell:
The run off from the glacier "Gigjokull" is increasing. The walkers’ bridge has been swept away in the direction of the sea. The eruption is curtailed to the top crater and not on the south western side as was originally thought. A deluge is beginning to roar down the southern slopes of "Eyjafallajokull" according to a report from a local farmer at Thorvaldseyri.
Farmers who went into the danger area this morning to feed their cattle are asked to leave immediately.

Tonight: Ash falls now in the lands to farmers in the nearby volcano. Sometimes so much that visibility is only 50 meters.

First volcanoes death toll

Three people were driving to see an eruption of Fimmvörðuháls, but they get lost in the Desert Mountains. When the car was petrol available, they walk back. Their phone is not working and they could not ask for help. It was cold and bad weather. Two people died in the cold weather after a short walk. Rescue team rescued one person.

Volcanic frenzy

Volcanic area residents like to go away, but thousands of tourists come to see an eruption in "Eyjafjallajokul". It is allowed to go on view point to view the disaster or use the helicopter service. Climber people can access the site from two directions and have hundreds of people walk on the mountain to see this great natural disaster.

Ghosts Village

In hundreds of years has been a war between a group of ghosts and the Icelandic village residents Stokkseyri. Early last century could be priest’s overthrows ghosts back in the grave. But so badly wanted to be a ghost named Móri escaped from the Ghostbusters and went into hiding. The population treated even peace in one generation. Now seems to be Móri have come back with a new army of ghosts. It is said that people cannot sleep, hear strange sounds and seeing the mysterious shadows without reason. The worst is, however, when the cars without the driver run at night while the moon is full. Ghost’s Experts are now study the case and believe the reason is a new museum set about ghosts in the village, but other say it's problem coming from a HAARP station nearly Stokkseyri town. The museum news of the ghost problem More news

A new volcano is born

New volcano with Eyjafjalla glacier on "Fimmvorduhals" grows by the day and lava flows like waterfalls down the slopes. Lava is heading the camp in "Thorsmork". A large number of tourists come to see the eruption.

High risk exposure.

Continuing earthquakes in the old volcano below the glacier, and high risk of another eruption. It is a risk that the whole county going under water when the glacier melts. Another old volcano "Katla" is in neighboring glacier "Mýrdalsjökull". Katla volcano is very powerful and can influence of this volcano occurred throughout Europe in meteorology reason. It can become a major flood and created a giant tsunami in the Atlantic.

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Eruption in Eyjafjalla glacier

About midnight last night began with volcanic mountains east of Island Glacier near the volcano Katla. Lava comes out of a crack which is 1 km in length. This is not much volcanism on Iceland scale. It is possible that the volcano moves under the ice or in the volcano Katla. If it happens, will the devil be free.

Will the mountain wake up?

Over one thousand small earthquakes per day in a glacier Eyjafjallajökull may be reason to believe that come volcanism. Geologist believe 50% chance of eruption and the chances are now growing.

Kvívík

Kvivik is one of the oldest settlements in the Faroes and excavations have shown the remains of Viking houses. On this picture you can see both old and modern houses. The Church in Kvívík is the center.

Vestmanna

Westman Municipality is in the Faroe Islands, west of the island Streymoy and there is a village Vestmanna. The island was based on the Viking time. The people who settled in this place is called Westmen.

Hekla volcano is ready to fire.

Scientists say the volcano Hekla is ready and now is expected eruption at any time this year. The volcano last eruption was in 2000.

The village Grenivík

The village began to develop the Grenivík from turn of the century in 1900 with the advent of motor boats for fishing.

The village is in Eyjafjord the north of Iceland. Church was built between 1885-1886. The village stands under the mountain Kaldbak which is 1173 m

Frozen world

This picture says more than many words about the Icelandic economic reality today. Photo from the great glacial lagoons, taken in 2008

Angelica

Angelica has a stimulating effect on the immune system and is highly active against viruses. In the old days it was used for healing.

Walking in the Twilight

The man goes on the Eyrarbakki beach, in quiet, just the sound from wave that sneaks to the beach. Perhaps are a little sound from his shoes and maybe a little sound from one twitter bird. Otherwise, everything is silence.

The question is, why no winter?

Most days in January have been warm and the weather has been our good. The greatest temperature in January was 9 ° C and it has not happened in the village before in January. At the time, it is normally winter with Frosty and snow, but not now. Just only like springtime with sunshine. But we must not complain of good weather, but just be grateful and hope that February will be just too good. Probably the weather gods are our best friends these days.

Efficient women

Eyrarbakki Women's Association was founded in 1888. The women have since supported humanitarian, provide grants to medical and elderly and buy tools to use at various institutions in the region. They have worked in various cultural for the villages and beyond. E.W.A. is one of the oldest and most important associations of women in Iceland. Recently gave E.W.A. devices for the police to facilitate the study drug crime. The women will ensure that young people's future and prevent criminals to haunt them.

The story of a small village

Our story starts ever for 900th When the Viking Hásteinn Atlason offers his god Ægir to find the best place to live. Hásteinn sails his ship and throw sacred tree over board and offers Ægir to employ its movement. The sacred tree runs to the beautiful coast of Iceland. The built Hásteinn place named Stokkseyri. Hásteinn gave his brother in law is named Hallsteinn half share in the region. Hallsteinn named the place Eyrarbakki. It was long ago an international port.

Nearly year 900 lived in Eyrarbakki sailing ace Bjarni Herjólfsson. When he came home from sailing in Norway, which he did for each winter, his father had moved to Greenland, where dwelt Viking Erik the Red. There Bjarni would sail, but had not done before. There for he went too far and came to the coast of America first white men. When he came to Greenland where he met another captain named Leifur Eiriksson (Leif Ericson) and told him of meeting new country in the west. Eric bought Bjarni's ship and sailed west, and he named a new land Vinland. (Long time later Spanish ships came to Eyrarbakka. One persons in this ship, named Kristopher Columbus and he asked news.)

In year 1000 came the first Christian people to Eyrarbakka and soon people began to live with this new religion and the Vikings dug weapons. Later was composed of the king of Norway was also King of Iceland. Then there was Eyrarbakki Norwegian port. Later came the Danes and became Eyrarbakki main shopping town in Iceland. As times changed, Iceland became independent again and the roads were built and ports all around Iceland. It was Eyrarbakki no longer the main place.

The people continued to catch fish as usual. They built fish processing industry, and lived with it long long time. Change in the interest of people was at the end of century. The larger fishing vessels had larger ports and the owners of ships went from Eyrarbakka. The industry took off and the service went away, but not all the people went away. People most wanted to stay and build their village. Now the village is famous for museums, tourism and much history and beautiful mountains around, and the blue sea with surf noise.

Now come dubious times again. Crisis and difficulties and little work and all problems with Icesave came as Tsunami of these people. The people will not give up, but hope that everyone will fit in this small historic village does not be depopulated.

Arctic tern bests them all

The Arctic tern flying on average 44,000 miles on its annual migration from pole to pole, according to a new study. In Eyrarbakki is one breeding place with ca 1000 Arctic terns from May to end of August. It is sort way fore the birds to have food in the Eyrarbakki’s lagoon. But last 4 years this Iceland’s Arctic tern must have hard time to feed them nestling. Now coming a very little fry inside the lagoon be fore maybe something have changed in the ocean for this fry upbringing and make a serious problem for the seabirds’ to surviving. This serious problem have be continual fore many kind of seabirds in Iceland last four years, and specially Arctic tern and puffin.

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34812618/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Snowless Iceland

This half past of winter we have almost mild wintertime and less snow in south part. In end of last year the temperature take low deep with freezing weather but in beginning of this year the temperature rising again.

After two weeks Eyrarbakki hold a traditional winter celebration “Thorrablot” like them have doing from the time out of mind. There will be food produce with a weary old method. In the same time people make fun of them neighbors and drink a lot of there’s wine, called “Black Death”.

This Icesave-scandal is that people talk this days, and don’t like to guarantee to fill op in this black hole that somebody owners of private bank make for them self. It is like you must in compulsion pawn you family and grandchild to pay fore somebody others broken bank system and his lost money. Most of the taxpayers will say no, in the national election and eat them own fish and snow self, if Britain and Netherland or EU and IMF will make strafe with this country, after the “NO” voting.

The biggest gingerbred house build in Eyrarbakki

The largest gingerbread house in Iceland is currently underway in Eyrarbakki these days. This great gingerbread house will be the first house of a new market inside the village’s old salt fish factory.

Se more: http://www.gonholl.is/

That is popular in Iceland to making gingerbread house over the Christmastime and hold competition with the smartest house.

Food and culture

Museum weekend in Eyrarbakki 6-8 november 2009. Varied program will be all day.

Visit Eyrarbakki

19. Century festival

In the last weekend a Eyrarbakki hold 19. Century festival in the town, with joy, dancing and market. Many old things from the time of the danish age, will looking in the street and the museum.
Almost 5000 peoble visit the small town in this weekend.

In this summer as this oldest willage in Iceland a very poular to visit and probable that will be also in the next summer.

Springtime and summer festival

Springtime festival in Eyrarbakki "Springtime in Arborg" start 22.05 and end 24.05 Culture & art
Fisherman's Days 5-7. jun Outdor drama
Midsummer's festival in Eyrarbakki 26.-28 jun. Dancing around the fire.
The museum day 12. jul. Old thing's
The Village festival 14.-16 aug. Put you'r things on the market

Comfortable place to camp

Eyrarbakki will go back to the past.

The old 19 th century town will be open for cultural heritage institutions and tourism institutions for the future. Eyrarbakki cultural contents to museums, library and also handwork gallerys. Eyrarbakki stay also open for old-fashioned virtual reality for turism in next sommer. This culture festival start in 25 of august. There the traveller can experience this old town with the old houses and old things like him stay there early in the age of 1900 and also the peoble will work on the street like in the old-days. “ There you can stay for a while in un-technologies world and be part of it” the native say!

Iceland’s central bank governor in showdown with PM

The Financial Times say that Iceland’s week-old government was locked in its first serious crisis on Monday after the governor of the central bank accused it of instigating a “political attack” against him and angrily rejected a demand by the new prime minister to resign.
David Oddsson, a feisty former prime minister and architect of the free market reforms that revolutionised Iceland’s economy and then contributed to its collapse, was reacting to a letter from the new prime minister demanding his resignation to take responsibility for the crisis.

ft.com

mbl.is/tv from revolt against the governor of the central bank.

See also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7871256.stm

New Icelandic Government formed

A Government of the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement takes office today. It aims to assure an effective administration to carry out urgent measures, particularly for the benefit of households and business, for rebuilding the banking system, in the field of administrative reform and to carry out measures in favour of increased democracy.

Ten ministers will take seat in the new government, five men and five women. Two of the minsiters are not members of parliament.
Prime minister of the new government is Johanna Sigurdardottir of the SDA.

More: BBC

Eyrarbakki become white

Last night was that beoutiful snow on Eyrarbakki. The grass straw were frozen as the type of glass. Further away screaming great surf white as snow,against the dark sky.

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After the "Frying pan-revolt"

Iceland's coalition government has collapsed under the strain of an escalating economic crisis.

Conservative Prime Minister Geir Haarde announced the resignation of his cabinet, after talks with his Social Democratic coalition partners failed. BBC

Heated up for new year

We greetings in 2008 with flares and fire. This year was not our best. With us was a large earthquake. Then came the economic crisis and many performance work. We do not know what happens next. But we are going to deal with it all. We will never give up. We always feel free look into the future and hope that 2009 will be better.

Age from birthday

To day is 100 year from birth of the Eyrabakki famous sculptorist Sigurjón Ólafson.

On the occasion of this, the cildren and teacher in the Iceland oldest childrenschool in our town walking with torch to procession to the greath statue Sterna paradisaea.(Kría)

Earthenware handiwork

Two Icelandic woman from Eyrarbakki handiwork pottery and something work of art in Icelandic clay.

Many artist live in Eyrarbakki and put on the market over the summertime in the towns Gallery's.

Cool Iceland

It's not only the Icelandic economic who Queek frosen this days. Here we can see a farm close by Eyrarbakki with the white volcano Hekla in behind.

Nowdays traveller be interest to visit Iceland in the wintertimes to have fun times in the snow and ice.

Autumn

The sheep have been free of Icelandic mountains all summer, but now have farmers run sheep down in the countryside on their good horses. Some sheep go in the house during the winter, but others go to slaughter server.

Farm in Eyrarbakki. winter is near

Falling wave's

Big wave coming in this days after a Atlantic stormy weather. It’s like the Icelandic economic system as now going in the sky-hi wave’s circumstances after the big finances storm. Our people belive we can find the way to the level ocean in the time.

No longer fishingtown.

In a long time Eyrarbakki be a fisherman town, but no longer. Now we only look after fishingboat from other pleaces take round against the willage and the sailors on this ship look over to this old originator Icelandic fishing.

It not be easy in the old day's to fishing from Eyrarbakki. Big surf and stormy weather make many times a broblem to the shipping company and many times them ship run aground.

Last summer, in pictures

In June was held the summer festival and the population took part in the joy. On the large fire and old and young sang several old anthem and dance with fire.

The National Day was made a lot of fun and the children got to ride a beautiful Icelandic horses.

On 29th May not be a good day at Eyrarbakki. We got the 6.5 earthquake and many many smaller by earthquakes. Fortunately, no one hurt and no houses collapsed, many damaged, some very, other small and some damaged nothing. All get added damage from the state. People, however, was much afraid of the earthquake. Everyone knew, however, that earthquake would come someday.

The people started the summer with stories and poems that were glued on light stakes and made a great success the walking people.

Byrds gon away.

Over the summer Eyrarbakki have many flying guests. Many species of birds, large and small from various European countries have a stopover here or make a nest. When autumn comes, they gathered together and gather the energy to fly back across the Atlantic south a hoter countries.

Hot spring.

Peoble waiting after the Summer. Will this sommer be hot like last yerar? Or will this summer have rain like in the old day's. We see what happen.

Eyrarbakki news be on holiday all this summer.
Be back in autumn.

Surftime be off.

In the entire winter, we enjoyed the great surf sound, which for us is soothing music that's easy to sleep with a dark winter evening. Now the great surf said bye and we have to wait until the next fall to watch the big waves and listen to the great music.

Parking place fixing

After the last winter and lot of surf and stormy weather it must fixing the parking place with the seashore.