Journey to the Center of the Earth Traditional Geocache
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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It is said that the earth's circle which the human race inhabits
is torn across into many bights, so that great seas run into the
land from the out-ocean.
"You see, the whole island is composed of volcanoes," said the
Professor, "and remark carefully that they all bear the name of
Jokull (in Icelandic: jökull). The word is Icelandic, and means a
glacier. In most of the lofty mountains of that region the volcanic
eruptions come forth from icebound caverns. Hence the name applied
to every volcano on this extraordinary island."
"But what does this word Snaefell (in Icelandic: Snæfell) mean?"
To this question I expected no rational answer. I was mistaken.
"Follow my finger to the western coast of Iceland, there you see
Reykjavik, its capital. Follow the direction of one of its
innumerable fjords or arms of the sea, and what do you see below
the sixty-fifth degree of latitude?"
"A peninsula — very like a thighbone in shape."
"And in the center of it?"
"Well, that’s Snaeffell."
I had nothing to say.
"That is Snaefellsjokull (in Icelandic: Snæfellsjökull) — a
mountain about five thousand feet (1446 m, 4744 ft) in height, one
of the most remarkable in the whole island, and certainly doomed to
be the most celebrated in the world, for through its crater we
shall reach the center of the earth."
(Source modified from the novel "A Journey to the Center Of the
Earth" by Jules Verne)
The cache is a glass jar.
Original contents: log-book, pen, a toy.
The road No. 574 (which circles the volcano from the west) is under
construction but is still OK to pass on a normal car. The small
road that goes from road 574 to the coast is asphalted. There is a
photo exhibition at Djúpalónssandur (go down from the parking) at
the moment of our last visit in June 2007.
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