Shetland Islands in the Norwegian Sea off Coastal Norway: Wowee! We are nearing the European continental mainland. Check out these islands with their mountains. I can just imagine the glacier moving southward, grinding away at the mountains, leaving those long parallel grooves in the rock, and rounding off the mountain tops 12,000 years ago. If you click on the picture, you can see an enlarged view. The mountains are huge and make the habitations look so insignificant. It seems like quite the inhospitable landscape, in an awe-inspiring sort of way.
There are about 100 islands with only 16 being inhabited. The islands have been populated since at least 3400 BC. They are virtually tree-less due to forming part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east, and being a sub-arctic archipelago. Their average high/low temperature in July is a whopping 57F/50F, and their average high/low temperature in January is 41F/34F. They are located in a Maritime Subarctic Climate with long but mild winters and short, cool summers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland
There are about 100 islands with only 16 being inhabited. The islands have been populated since at least 3400 BC. They are virtually tree-less due to forming part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east, and being a sub-arctic archipelago. Their average high/low temperature in July is a whopping 57F/50F, and their average high/low temperature in January is 41F/34F. They are located in a Maritime Subarctic Climate with long but mild winters and short, cool summers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland