On Önundarfjörður (fjord) in northwest Iceland is a small village, Flateyri. During the winter, there are lots of avalanches in the area.
In October 1995 a huge avalanche hit Flateyri. Many houses were wiped away and 20 died. Several other avalanches and bad weather closed the road to the village so the only way for rescue team was from sea.
The first rescue unit used a 45 year old pier at the bottom of the fjord at Holtstangi. This pier was built in 1950 in case avalanches closed the road and other communication to Flateyri
This terrible avalanche on that October night in 1995 demonstrated how important this pier was for the community, so it was rebuilt in the spring 1996.
This recording was made on the beach close to the pier on 19th of June 2012

Twenty minutes version of this audio file: 
http://fieldrecording.net/2013/11/01/dock-at-holtstangi-part-1/

Full version at:
http://veryquietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/holtstangi

Recorder: Sound devices 744
Microphones: Rode NT1a, NOS setup
Picture: EOS30D

BeautifulNow Competition Entry: Önundarfjörður

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