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The HVAC bill for installing the Gulf Stream was enormous.

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[-] muix@infosec.pub 64 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

[-] Restaldt@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

And actual reindeer

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 42 points 8 months ago

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

[-] thorcik@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Don't panic!

[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago

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

[-] modeler@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

And Greenland is less green and more icy than Iceland

[-] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

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

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