“Faroe Islands – Rugged Nature in the North Atlantic”
The Faroes are a group of eighteen remote islands settled by Vikings over a thousand years ago. Their volcanic origin, and later erosion by retreating ice age glaciers, has given the islands an
austere beauty of steep ridges, sharp pyramidal peaks, and deep rounded valleys. Carpeted in myriad shades of green from summer rains and winter snow melt, the islands are filled with cascading
waterfalls and the verdant fields dotted with turf-roofed wooden houses, ancient churches, and lots of gently grazing sheep.

BarrynPell recently traveled to nearly all the Faroe Islands, photographing the landscape and
meeting its people. He left with the impression that the wild, wet and windy Faroes are the most beautiful of all the places he’s traveled.

This program is co-sponsored by the Sherborn Library.