A few years back when I was touring Iceland I was a little taken aback by how candidly out Whale Watch guide spoke about not only the impact of climate change, but how it was obviously man made. The guide spoke about how the fjord we were on use to freeze over every winter, but hasn’t since the 70s. He also spoke about different migratory patterns, and well he now sees different whales than he used to, it left him pretty terrified for the next couple decades.

The trip was great, but the tone of that guy who ran the whale watch was bleak.

He also cooked some fish we caught on the boat, and the moment he figured it was done, he said “split it up amongst yourselves, I’ve got another tour to go to. Someone turn off the grill” and walked away. That would never happen in the US.