Iron pieces from the British trawler, The Epine GY7, which was wrecked east of Dritvík cove on the night of 13th March 1948. Fourteen men lost their lives and five were saved by the Icelandic rescue team in the neighbouring villages, which managed, after two long and cold hours, to get a line to the trawler. There was a blizzard on this cold winter night in March and the fishermen were losing their grip and had started falling into the cold sea. One of them fell overboard and washed up on the beach where the rescue team managed to save him. Three others were already dead and their bodies washed up on the beach. Many of the fishermen were never found. The skipper, Alfred Loftis, clinging to the ship, shouted to the rescue team: "I do not mind what happens to me as long as the boys are all right. Look after the boys!". Shortly after he was gone, swept away by a big wave.
Gatklettur, the lava rock with a hole, over Nautastígur, the Path of the Bull at Djúpalón Beach on Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland. The name of the path, Nautastígur - the Path of the Bulls, derives from bull being led down this path and watered by the lagoon.
Gatklettur, the rock with a hole, along Nautastígur, the Path of the Bull, down to Djúpalónssandur, the Black Lava Pearl Beach on Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West-Iceland
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