Exactly 150 years ago, on about 3rd June 1844, a party of 14 Icelandic fishermen/fowlers set out from Kirkjuvogur in an eight-oared boat to make the crossing to the seabird colony of Eldey. There they hoped to collect eggs and birds, not for food, as they, and their ancestors, had done for decades, but to satisfy the demand from dealers in bird skins in 'enlightened' Europe. Because of the heavy swel
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