Iceland Connects to Asia
It was announced last week that beginning in March 2020, Juneayo Air will fly from Shanghai to Keflavik International Airport twice a week. Although t...
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Iceland: On the Front Line of the Climate Crisis
The rise of global temperatures and sea levels have resulted in glaciers melting at a rapid pace. Being a small island in the North Atlantic that is h...
Winter tourism – Iceland’s magical ice-caves
Winter tourism in Iceland, like most parts of the High North, continues its steady growth. The total number of foreign visitors to the country was aro...
Ocean acidification – A grave threat to global marine life
Ocean acidification may be the most devastating result of climate change for mankind to tackle. What it means in simple terms is that the oceans are ...
Artist Gunnhildur Hauksdottir exhibiting in Canada
Icelandic visual artist Gunnhildur Hauksdottir has taken the concept of human-environment to study animals and turned it on its head by trying to thin...
Third Pole glacier melt impacts ~20-25% of Earth’s population
Glaciers are important to life on earth. It is as simple as that. They are critical freshwater resources and they also impact sea level, surrounding a...
Northern lights season is upon us, top tips to find them and take a picture
Finding the northern lights takes dedication and know-how, it is magical to see the aurora borealis suddenly jump across the night sky, it is a close ...
Iceland: Stalling tourism puts economy at risk
Sound macroeconomic policies and favourable external conditions have enabled Iceland’s economy to emerge stronger from a decade of post-crisis managem...