Arctic and Northern Studies. Intersectional Environmentalism. Ethical Journalism.
““There’s a definite link between us,” the Icelandic president, Guðni Jóhannesson, said on a recent visit to Gimli. It’s a love affair that Donna Austfjord and others around Gimli will keep feeding.”
Read the full Atlas Obscura article here
New print from September during my drive around Iceland. View my portfolio and print shop here.
My cozy apartment from my last stay downtown. There are so many wonderful apartments on Airbnb located right in the city centre around all the best cafes!
Join Airbnb or become a host and rent your place to travelers and make extra income! 🙂 I exclusively rent from them, I’ve stayed in over a dozen places in Iceland among others and have only had great experiences.
Grábrók is a volcanic crater in the fjord of Borgarfjörður in West Iceland, formed approximately 3,400 years ago. It’s an easy little climb you can do in a small time-frame, and gives a pretty amazing view.
Enjoying a latte during my last few hours in Reykjavík before flying into Toronto to return home and start to plan which programs I’ll be applying to at the University of Reykjavík. I know I want to obtain my Masters degree but I have awhile before I will be ready for that, so I am thinking of studying Icelandic in the meantime. The program doesn’t begin until the fall and I would like to be there sooner but we will see where more research leads me!
Exploring Iceland with my Tamron 150-600mm lens on the Nikon.
I just rented the Tamron SP 150-600mm lens to bring along on our vacation, and for the purpose of working on my project of bird photography in Iceland and Norway. We are staying in Vestmannaeyjabær for a couple of days and I am hoping there will still be some adult puffins left but either way I will be looking for pufflings! I cannot wait to see the many birds around both countries, and can’t wait to be able to shoot 600mm.
Since I became interested in studying ornithology, Cornell Lab of Ornithology has been on my list of places to visit. I finally took a quick trip to Ithaca where I was able to spend the night in a cute Airbnb studying my bird biology course and snacking, rest up, and then spend a few hours at lab the following day before heading back home.
View of the pond at Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Thora and Fauna 