{"id":13839,"date":"2018-12-07T13:23:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T20:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=13839"},"modified":"2018-12-07T13:23:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T20:23:23","slug":"block-break-away-iceland-and-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2018\/12\/block-break-away-iceland-and-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Break Away: Iceland and Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor of Geology Jeff Noblett led a group of alumni and parents on a Block Break Away program to Iceland with a majority continuing on to Greenland last July. While the weather was rainy most of the time, the group nonetheless enjoyed visiting waterfalls, glaciers, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and several villages off the beaten track. This customized trip was jam-packed, allowing visits to sites that most group tours to Iceland don\u2019t get to experience.<\/p>\n

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Group photo returning from a rainy boat trip around Heimaey volcanic island, where a 1973 eruption buried one-quarter of the town. <\/div> <\/div>
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Midnight sail through the greatest known concentration of icebergs in the fjord at Ilulissat, Greenland. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Seljalandfoss <\/a>
Seljalandfoss drops 200 feet over basalt flows and allows visitors to walk behind the falls. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Professor Jeff Noblett describing how the group was standing where the mid-Atlantic Ridge rises onto land. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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