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xkcd #2874: Iceland (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 1 year ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd
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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 1 year 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.

[–] Restaldt 9 points 1 year ago

And actual reindeer

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] thorcik 4 points 1 year ago

Don't panic!

[–] randomaccount43543 17 points 1 year ago

https://explainxkcd.com/2874

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

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

[–] modeler 2 points 1 year ago

And Greenland is less green and more icy than Iceland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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