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xkcd #2874: Iceland (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://xkcd.com/2874

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The HVAC bill for installing the Gulf Stream was enormous.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It is truly amazing.

We also have flourishing kelp forests for phycologists.

The Icelandic Highlands is one of the few deserts in Europe.

For the ornithologists, there are birds that nest in Iceland which are quite rare in the rest of the world.

I could keep going. And all that on an island that you can drive around in about 16 hours.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

And actual reindeer

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Slartibartfast got an award for the fjords. All those fiddly bits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Don't panic!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

https://explainxkcd.com/2874

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also called it "Iceland" in an attempt to please no one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And Greenland is less green and more icy than Iceland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And for some reason some software developers decided to base their MMORPG company there.