View to the NW coast of Ísafjarðardjúp. Its name Snæfjallaströnd is related to the fact that the climate is much colder than on the opposite side of the fjord, and therefore snow fields persist long into summer. They remind of the ice cap Drangajökull farther S, which still extended to this area in the outgoing 19th century. At that time, the Snæfjallaströnd was relatively densely populated, whereas it is almost void of people in the early 21st century.