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Meeting Iceland's petrified trolls
Season 2, Ep. 5
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On the wild and windswept volcanic beaches of Iceland are ghostly rock formations long believed to be petrified trolls. Meeting them in a North Atlantic gale is thrilling... and a little spooky.
Photo © copyright Matthew Brace.
More details at the Visit Iceland website.
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