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c/xkcd · by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world · 2y

xkcd #2874: Iceland

https://xkcd.com/2874

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The HVAC bill for installing the Gulf Stream was enormous.

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muix@infosec.pub · 64 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

And actual reindeer

MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y

Iceland has a desert?!?

Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 42 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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

thorcik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Don't panic!

thorcik@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
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randomaccount43543@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y

https://explainxkcd.com/2874

mo_lave@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

modeler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

And Greenland is less green and more icy than Iceland

baltakatei@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

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