Does our set up work?
Are there any problems we should look into?
Back to Iceland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSHcyXfNPw
Since we wanted to go back to Iceland to see the rest of the island, we thought that this would be an excellent way to verify the car and equipment. So we embarked on the Smyril Line ferry "Norröna" in Hirthals - Denmark for a 3 week tour to see the glaciers, the Western Fjords and drive up to the Artic Circle. A total of about 5.000 km in August 2012.
Official website of Smyril Line
The car behaved on the unpaved rock/sand/dirt roads and waded with ease through the rivers.
All equipment did fine except for:
The coils springs from the suspension will be replaced for heavy duty coils and we will add also a rear air suspension.
We slept in the car (no tent) on the multiply boxes containing our cloths, food and other stuff. The advantage is that we were roughly 1.25 m from the soil, had no damp clothes or bed linen and the steel cocoon from the car protected us against the strong winds and rain. Also, this saves us €'s and kg's of equipment on the roof of the car.
Iceland: 103.000 km² and 300.000 souls (not counting the cattle).
Most of the people are descendants from Vikings and their Irish slaves.
Iceland is sitting on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. A hotspot on this Ridge resulted in the formation of Iceland. Due to the Continental Drift, the island grows 2 cm/year. The crevasses are running NE - SW and fill with lava, creating new land in the process. Most thermo-active areas are situated on these crevasses. The oldest rocks are "only" 20 million years old.
Back to Iceland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSHcyXfNPw
Since we wanted to go back to Iceland to see the rest of the island, we thought that this would be an excellent way to verify the car and equipment. So we embarked on the Smyril Line ferry "Norröna" in Hirthals - Denmark for a 3 week tour to see the glaciers, the Western Fjords and drive up to the Artic Circle. A total of about 5.000 km in August 2012.
Official website of Smyril Line
The car behaved on the unpaved rock/sand/dirt roads and waded with ease through the rivers.
All equipment did fine except for:
- the gas cooker: in strong winds it was difficult to prepare a hot meal,
- the suspension: when fully loaded (diesel, water, food, 2 spare tyres, ...) the car was a "little" vague. A bit tricky on the narrow mountain dirt roads...
The coils springs from the suspension will be replaced for heavy duty coils and we will add also a rear air suspension.
We slept in the car (no tent) on the multiply boxes containing our cloths, food and other stuff. The advantage is that we were roughly 1.25 m from the soil, had no damp clothes or bed linen and the steel cocoon from the car protected us against the strong winds and rain. Also, this saves us €'s and kg's of equipment on the roof of the car.
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| Camping in Lundur near the Polar Circle (22:00 hr.). Full grown birch in the back and no torch needed in the night. |
Click here to see the pictures.
Iceland: 103.000 km² and 300.000 souls (not counting the cattle).
Most of the people are descendants from Vikings and their Irish slaves.
Iceland is sitting on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. A hotspot on this Ridge resulted in the formation of Iceland. Due to the Continental Drift, the island grows 2 cm/year. The crevasses are running NE - SW and fill with lava, creating new land in the process. Most thermo-active areas are situated on these crevasses. The oldest rocks are "only" 20 million years old.
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| Crevasses formed by the Continental Drift. |
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