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<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200" BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="137d8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <a HREF="Tours.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><u> <img SRC="1320b0b0.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></u></a>   <a HREF="How%20to...htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Information ! How to get there?"><u><img SRC="photogallery/1330b0b0.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></u></a>       <img BORDER="0" SRC="photogallery/1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <a HREF="index-old.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ATF ltd. Iceland Travel Service"><u><img SRC="images/1350b0b0.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></u></a></div> <p><br> </p> <div> <img SRC="photogallery/168b2a40.jpg" border="0" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" width="178" height="164"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="175a3a33.jpg"> <div> <b>Where</b></div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Where is Iceland?</div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The easternmost point of the country is Gerpir (13°30’V), the northernmost Hraunhafnartangi (66°32’N), the westernmost Bjargtangar (24°32’V) and the southernmost, Dyrholaey (63°24’N).</div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The total area is about 103.100 km². Lakes cover about 3% of the area, deserts (incl. lava fields) about 63%, glaciers about 11% and 23% are vegetated.</div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Iceland is way different from most other countries because its one of the youngest islands in the world. It is the second largest island of Europe and its guardian in the west with a very sparse population. About 20% of its area are populated and the central highlands and parts of the northwest are unpopulated.</div> <div> <a HREF="http://www.geocities.com/9855/Islandskort" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/9855/Islandskor"> <u><u> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Map</u></u></a></div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">People have to be prepared for the rapid changes in weather and therefore to change clothes accordingly. It is also good to be familiar with the road system especially if a trip is planned into the rugged interior. There are strict rules and regulations concerning off road driving because of the sensitive vegetation on this latitude and the fragile lava formations. The nature here is very sensitive, and there are more dangers to be taken into account than the weather, such as unbridged rivers, cracked glaciers and merciless seas. Our wild life is on the other hand very good-natured but always stay alert for sheep and horses that tend to enter the highways. We have no polar-bears like our neighbour Greenland, but sometimes they stray here with ice in the winter.</div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Without the Gulf Stream, the whole country would be covered with a shield of ice. of the warmest month is about 12°C (54°F) and of the coldest month about 0°C (32°F). Usually it is considerably colder in the mountains. Warm, wind-, and waterproof clothes are highly recommended and lighter clothes for nice weather as well.</div> <div> <img BORDER="0" SRC="images/Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Icelanders are generally friendly and polite people. They are very helpful, well educated, and often fluent in foreign languages. They are less dependent on external services when it comes to inviting people to lunch or dinner than people elsewhere in Europe. An invitation to a meal usually means homemade food and an evening at home. The character of the Icelander probably was best described in this sentence: "The average Icelander is somewhat shy but proud and is not familiar with any real class distinction."</div> <p><br> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <p> </p> </td></tr></table></body>