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Letter: Midge menace

Published 8 June 1996

From Rob Blackburn

I feel obliged to respond to Matt Gavin regarding the lack of sound at Lake Myvatn in Iceland (Letters, 11 May, p 52).

My wife and I camped there in the late 1980s and my memory of the lake is still vivid. Myvatn is Icelandic for midges and I can assure readers that there was not a lot of silence the day we were there. Maybe Matt should have his hearing selectively tested for the frequency band of the Icelandic midge.

Lennox Head, Australia

Issue no. 2033 published 8 June 1996

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