4x4 Overland Travel
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.



 
HomeSearchLatest imagesRegisterLog in
*Welcome to 4x4 Overland Travel! The Community Resource for 4x4's, Overland Travel, Touring, Green Laning & All kinds of Expedition Vehicles! Guests, "Register" for FREE and join our Community*
Bought a Product or Accessories recently? - Got something to say about it? - Leave a Review in the "Review" section.

 

 Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights

Go down 
5 posters
AuthorMessage
pixmin
Rookie
Rookie



Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-09-13

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyMon Mar 12, 2012 11:13 pm

After all the Northern Lights alerts I received/heard of, it would have been wrong not to go out, so I did:

http://pixmin.org/photos/Iceland/2012/NorthernLights/

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Img_5810
Back to top Go down
roamingman
Terrain Master
Terrain Master
roamingman


Posts : 1392
Join date : 2010-12-26
Age : 75
Location : Nearly thier

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 12:43 am

Some great photos thier, we are in north east Scotland,it was too cloudy to see any in the last few days, but we do get to see them in the winter. clinking teacups
Back to top Go down
http://teddybearspicnic.webs.com/
pixmin
Rookie
Rookie



Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-09-13

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 1:00 am

roamingman wrote:
Some great photos thier, we are in north east Scotland,it was too cloudy to see any in the last few days, but we do get to see them in the winter. clinking teacups

Thanks Smile Yes, it was mostly cloudy here too so you would only get to see them for a few seconds at a time (minutes at best). Still, it was nice to be out Wink
Back to top Go down
maadmaan10
Just fitted a Snorkel
Just fitted a Snorkel
maadmaan10


Posts : 393
Join date : 2011-12-31
Age : 65
Location : Aldersh*t

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 3:45 am

Fantastic!

I was due to go out there last April for 3 weks with the Arctic Tours but had to cancel due to finance problems with my friend who was sharing the cost. Bloody shame, sick but did make a profit on the re-sell - went in less than 3 hours on good old ebay
Back to top Go down
Tom Mc
Founder
Founder
Tom Mc


Posts : 3781
Join date : 2010-12-10
Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 5:47 am

Some great piccies there. Looked super cold setting up that tent in the snow, were you okay overnight?
Back to top Go down
pixmin
Rookie
Rookie



Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-09-13

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 8:43 am

maadmaan10 wrote:
I was due to go out there last April for 3 weks with the Arctic Tours but had to cancel due to finance problems with my friend who was sharing the cost. Bloody shame, sick but did make a profit on the re-sell - went in less than 3 hours on good old ebay

Thanks Smile I hope you'll get another chance to go, it's quite something Smile
Back to top Go down
pixmin
Rookie
Rookie



Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-09-13

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 8:46 am

Tom Mc wrote:
Some great piccies there. Looked super cold setting up that tent in the snow, were you okay overnight?

Thanks Smile It was just below zero, maybe -5c, so once you're protected from the wind and dry, it's just fine, the trick when sleeping on snow is to make sure you have really good insulation from the ground otherwise it will suck up all your heat and you're in for a short bad night... I slept in the tent because I was too tired to build a shelter or a snow cave. The tent was easy and fast to setup Wink
Back to top Go down
Tom Mc
Founder
Founder
Tom Mc


Posts : 3781
Join date : 2010-12-10
Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 1:55 pm

Good insulation ... -5c? I'm afraid I'd be a right girlie and have an electric blanket on all night. Brrrrr!!!! No

Don't do coldness, give me heat any day.
Back to top Go down
maadmaan10
Just fitted a Snorkel
Just fitted a Snorkel
maadmaan10


Posts : 393
Join date : 2011-12-31
Age : 65
Location : Aldersh*t

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 8:09 pm

Tom Mc wrote:
Good insulation ... -5c? I'm afraid I'd be a right girlie and have an electric blanket on all night. Brrrrr!!!! No

Don't do coldness, give me heat any day.


COLD is okay so long as you are dry!!
Back to top Go down
pixmin
Rookie
Rookie



Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-09-13

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 8:19 pm

maadmaan10 wrote:
Tom Mc wrote:
Good insulation ... -5c? I'm afraid I'd be a right girlie and have an electric blanket on all night. Brrrrr!!!! No

Don't do coldness, give me heat any day.


COLD is okay so long as you are dry!!

Absolutely, I would take any weather below -5c than anything between -5c and 5c or even 10c. 10c in the rain, with a strong wind, is way colder than -10c, at least to me.

I have a good sleeping bag, rated for -29C comfort, although that was years ago and it has been used a LOT, it's probably more a -5c comfort now Wink

There is also another big factor to consider, which affects how you can handle the cold, it's acclimation, that plays a huge part in how "comfortable" you will be in the cold (or not).
Back to top Go down
maadmaan10
Just fitted a Snorkel
Just fitted a Snorkel
maadmaan10


Posts : 393
Join date : 2011-12-31
Age : 65
Location : Aldersh*t

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 8:24 pm

pixmin wrote:
maadmaan10 wrote:
Tom Mc wrote:
Good insulation ... -5c? I'm afraid I'd be a right girlie and have an electric blanket on all night. Brrrrr!!!! No

Don't do coldness, give me heat any day.


COLD is okay so long as you are dry!!


There is also another big factor to consider, which affects how you can handle the cold, it's acclimation, that plays a huge part in how "comfortable" you will be in the cold (or not).


You are quite right there - I understand Tom's comment - I am the opposite - love the cold but absolutely hate the heat. I usually fell like poop all summer long and when I did Africa a hundred or so years ago in the Army, it was HELL for me. I was much more comfortable a few weeks later in the Balkans! We are all different!
Back to top Go down
wideformat4x4
Terrain Adept
Terrain Adept
wideformat4x4


Posts : 821
Join date : 2011-01-20
Age : 65
Location : Marcham, Oxfordshire

Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights EmptyTue Mar 13, 2012 11:10 pm

It was just below zero, maybe -5c, so once you're protected from the wind and dry, it's just fine, the trick when sleeping on snow is to make sure you have really good insulation from the ground otherwise it will suck up all your heat and you're in for a short bad night... I slept in the tent because I was too tired to build a shelter or a snow cave. The tent was easy and fast to setup Wink[/quote]

When walking the West Highland way a few years ago in the winter we spent many nights in minus temps like said as long as your isolated from the ground it's not much of a chore although that said my nose was always bl**dy cold in the morning.

As the old saying goes "it's easier to keep warm than it is to get warm"
Back to top Go down
Sponsored content





Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty
PostSubject: Re: Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights   Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights Empty

Back to top Go down
 
Iceland - Hunting the Northern Lights
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1
 Similar topics
-
» Iceland - New photos of the Northern Lights form last Wednesday
» Stuck in the snow under the Northern Lights
» Iceland
» Iceland
» From Iceland

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
4x4 Overland Travel :: COMPLETED - Overland Trips & Expeditions-
Jump to: