How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Another iceberg masterpiece
I found this the other day, posted by a nut case who was kayaking in one of the East Greenland fjords, and who actually paddled through the arch in spite of the fact that it could have collapsed at any moment. Some people are utterly mad. Mind you, I kayaked up a section of Nordvest Fjord back in 1962, negotiating a way through vast expanses of sharp-edged brash ice fragments -- in a wood-framed canvas canoe. Come to think of it, that was pretty mad too.......
Brian, your photo brings to mind the rock arches along the coast of your beloved NW Pembrokeshire, such as through the little island of Ynys-fach near Porthgain; and, moving not too far from Carreg Sampson burial chamber, to the ne of Castell Coch. How has your kayaking gone on your current Swedish vacation?
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