Encounter the lands of the Vikings and Gaels on an exclusive itinerary that combines the treasures of Scotland and Iceland. Marvel at the 5,000-year-old Neolithic ruins of the Standing Stones of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis and learn more about Outer Hebrides from stone circle expert and guest speaker, Professor Colin Richards. Experience the beauty of the Inner Hebridean Isles and visit the breathtaking archipelago of the Faroe Islands. Enjoy an excursion to Iceland’s Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon and cruise along UNESCO-inscribed Surtsey Island. Extend your journey with the Edinburgh/Glasgow Pre-Program and/or Reykjavík Post-Program Options.
Optional Pre-Program: Edinburgh
Day 1: Depart
Day 2: Arrive Glasgow, Scotland / Embark Le Bellot
Day 3: Isle of Lona / Tobermory, Isle of Mull
Day 4: Stornoway for Callanish Standing Stones / Isle of Lewis
Day 5: Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Day 6: Tórshavn/Vestmanna
Day 7: Cruising the North Atlantic Ocean
Day 8: Djúpivogur, Iceland, for Jökulsárlón
Day 9: Heimaey, Westman Islands/Cruise along Surtsey Island
Day 10: Reykjavík/Disembark ship/Return to home city
Optional Post-Program: Reykjavík
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Faculty
Paul Musselwhite is Associate Professor of History at Dartmouth College. His research centers on the early British Empire and colonial America, with a particular focus on the development of the plantation as an institution and on the relationship between plantation societies and English and Scottish merchants. At Dartmouth he teaches classes on British colonialism in the Americas, plantations and slavery, and the American Revolution. A native of Wales, Prof. Musselwhite received his B.A. degree from the University of Oxford and his Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary, and before coming to Dartmouth he previously taught at the University of Glasgow.
