[1] The Kúðafljót is one of the rivers whose water level may indicate volcanic activity of Katla under the Mýrdalsjökull.

A real ford did not exist, so travellers needed local leaders and risked their lives again and again.

[1] Today the Icelandic Ring Road crosses it at a narrower place on a bridge.

Between 1850 and 1914, there were up to 5,000 men from Brittany during the seasons, so that at the end of the nineteenth century, the French government had also sent some of the hospital ships to support them.

[4] The crew members were rescued, but the contents of the ship had to be auctioned to the delight of the local population.