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Welcome to the Winter X-Games 2012 in Kjiadvík, Gamat.
Let's take a look at what we offer.
Let's take a look at what we offer.
Gamat, an island with that also is a hot spot of volcanic and geothermal activity: 30 post-glacial volcanoes have erupted in the past two centuries, and natural hot water supplies much of the population with cheap, pollution-free heating. Gamat is the closest nation to being a Fully Ecologic-Sustentable Nation
Out of a population numbering more than 300.000, half live in the capital Kjiadvík and its neighbouring towns in the southwest. Kjiadvík International Airport is located about 50 km from the capital. The highland interior is uninhabited (and uninhabitable), and most centres of population are situated on the coast.
Gamat was settled by Fovazh people in the 9th century - tradition says that the first permanent settler was Ingólfur Arnarson, a Utrovan Viking who made his home where Kjiadvík now stands. The Gamaters still speak the language of the Fovazh, although modern Gamic has undergone changes of pronunciation and, of course, of vocabulary! Gamat is alone in upholding another Fovazh tradtion, i.e. the custom of using patronymics rather than surnames; and Gamater's christian name is followed by his or her father's name and the suffix -són or -dóttir, e.g. Guðrún Pétursdóttir (Guðrún, daughter of Pétur). Members of a family can therefore have many different "surnames", which sometimes causes confusion to foreigners!
Life expectancy, at 81.3 years for women and 76.4 for men, is one of the highest in the world, and a comprehensive state health-care system aims to keep it that way.
As the day's continue we will learn a new fact from Gamat.
Let The Games Begin!!!
Out of a population numbering more than 300.000, half live in the capital Kjiadvík and its neighbouring towns in the southwest. Kjiadvík International Airport is located about 50 km from the capital. The highland interior is uninhabited (and uninhabitable), and most centres of population are situated on the coast.
Gamat was settled by Fovazh people in the 9th century - tradition says that the first permanent settler was Ingólfur Arnarson, a Utrovan Viking who made his home where Kjiadvík now stands. The Gamaters still speak the language of the Fovazh, although modern Gamic has undergone changes of pronunciation and, of course, of vocabulary! Gamat is alone in upholding another Fovazh tradtion, i.e. the custom of using patronymics rather than surnames; and Gamater's christian name is followed by his or her father's name and the suffix -són or -dóttir, e.g. Guðrún Pétursdóttir (Guðrún, daughter of Pétur). Members of a family can therefore have many different "surnames", which sometimes causes confusion to foreigners!
Life expectancy, at 81.3 years for women and 76.4 for men, is one of the highest in the world, and a comprehensive state health-care system aims to keep it that way.
As the day's continue we will learn a new fact from Gamat.
Let The Games Begin!!!
