Saturday, August 23, 2008

PUFFINS AND HERRING


Approaching Isfjorden at the end of Adventfjord. Cabins in the distance.


"Monkey brains," the local name given to rocks found in glacial streams. The deep creases resemble ginger cookies but they're very round, and some nearly perfect. The smooth one is the size of a small cannon ball. Tove collects monkey brains, we collect lucky stones.


Tove and I pose by the flag in front of their cabin. Barely a breeze, a rare calm day.


The view behind us, from Tove and Tommy's cabin, across Isfjorden to the distant mountains and glaciers.
On the trip out I skirted a medium sized school of herring with dozens of kittiwakes feeding on them. A little while later I drifted up to this puffin.

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