The Glacier of the Sun Worlds Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/14/2006
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

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.



Solheimajokull (Sólheimajökull or The Glacier of the Sun Worlds) is a glacier in south Iceland.

The cache is a glass jar, covered with stones.

Original contents: log-book, pens, a toy.

Sólheimajökull is an outlet glacier from the south-western part of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. It occupies a valley trough, and is about 8 km long and >1 km broad at its broadest. Its total surface area is ca. 42 km2. The average thickness of Sólheimajökull is ca. 270 m, but it reaches a thickness of >600 m at most. The subglacial through lies at places >50 below sea level. Sólheimajökull has generally been retreating since the end of the 19th Century. It retreated about 900 m between the years 1930-1964, but had a period of significant advance between ca. 1974 and 1995, when it advanced more than 400 m. Presently it is retreating at the rate of ca. 100 m/year (Gunnlaugur Einarsson, personal communication 2005). Continued retreat will lead to the formation of a glacial lake in front of the glacier. (Source: Ólafur Ingólfsson)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

gurer vf n cnexvat ng gur raq bg ebnq Ab. 221 ... haqre gur Y-oebxra fgbar ...

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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