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Iceland
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ICELAND
The home of the finenest ice.
     
Created by: Bobby Ware
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ICELAND HAS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOOKS.
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Location
Iceland is a small island near Greenland and the Artic Circle. The exact place is 64 degrees north and 18 degrees west.
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Iceland from a satelite view.
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Physical Geography
 
Iceland has many different looks. There are mountains, volcanos,and glaciers along with many other interesting sites to see. Some interesting places to see are listed below. In January, the coldest month, the temperature is about the same as the temperature in New York.
- Blue Lagoon-Geothermal Pool
- Shaftafell National Park
- Gull Foss-water fall
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Photo above here with caption.
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Human Geography
The main language is Icelandic, but there is other languages such as danish, sweddish, norweigion. Their main religion in Iceland is mainly lutheran, but some others are protestant and catholic. The people their are mainly tall, slendor,and have long faces. Iceland has entertainment such as movie theatres, symphony orchestra, horse back riding, fishing, and also really cool hiking trails. The national bird is the gyrfalcon.
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Icelands church.
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Movement
To get to Iceland you either have to go on a airplane or a boat. There are no railroads in Iceland so you can't take a train anywhere. To get around town you have to go by car or bus. Except for the cities most of the roads are gravel. Most people in Iceland get around by the buses rather than a car.Iceland also has telephones, TV's, radios, and newspapers-magazines.
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Impact
Iceland suffers from very little air pollution. They have passed the Nature Conservation act which cuts the pollution rate in Iceland. Icelands buses are also hydrogen fueled which cuts down on air pollution.
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Compare and Contrast
Iceland is aplce to relax and enjoy the outdoors in many different ways. You can go to the icy part of Iceland, or the beautiful green grass part of Iceland. You can have a family get away fishing or horse backriding trip.If you go to Iceland you might want to learn the Icelandic language. The food in Iceland though is reletively the same as the United States food.
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Sources
Encyclopedia Americana
World book
trekearth.com
wikitravel.org
Wikipedia
Iceland
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Comments (5)
Anonymous said
at 2:04 pm on Apr 23, 2008
nice page homie keep up the good work
Anonymous said
at 2:30 pm on Apr 24, 2008
get to work!
haha
well the top is pretty good, the bottom is....lacking culture! haha!
YAY! :p
Kevin Rasco said
at 8:03 am on Apr 25, 2008
Bobby,
Your page is looking good. Try to finish the movement, compare/ contrast and impact sections today and don't forget to list your sources.
Anonymous said
at 3:10 pm on Apr 25, 2008
hey you mean meany meanerson..bleh
Anonymous said
at 3:38 pm on Apr 25, 2008
it means that you are a mean meany meanerson ... and you know why!!!!!
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