Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Old Icelandic joke: Question - If you are lost in a forest in Iceland, how do you you find your way out? Answer - Just stand up. The grain of truth in this is that Iceland has very few trees except those planted in city parks. The original Norse settlers came from a wood using culture and devastated the original Icelandic forests. The wood was used for houses, boats and firewood. The original settlers did not realize that in Iceland's cold climate, forests would take generations to rebuild. Over cutting kept forest growth down until the 20th century. In recent years, Iceland has learned to exploit geothermal power for energy. Now nearly every town has heated olympic sized swimming pools and enclosed greenhouses in which most fresh produce is grown. My Norwegian wife and I spent many happy vacation days in Iceland. I have numerous poor quality pictures taken with a Leica Digilux Zoom which I may post on the LUG. If you don't look at them large, they provide an interesting view of a cold, but modern country. Larry Z - - - - - John writes: Does Iceland have no trees? On Jul 23, 2010, at 5:01 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: Did I miss this? During a translation I had to look up something on the Panasonic site , and found this http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/popup/lx5_gallery/iceland/index.html