[Video] Office Hours: Arctic Circle Puffins Edition


Erika and I are on the road in Iceland, roaming around the countryside, and I’m taking you with us. We visited Grímsey, a tiny island on the Arctic Circle, home to gazillions of sea birds like puffins and arctic terns. I took about half an hour to answer your most highly-voted questions from here:

Questions covered in the video:

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