The Norwegian wild – The lynx and the wolf
Norwegian wildlife conservation’s surveys bring good news this year for the much prosecuted wolf population of the country and not so good for t...
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Egill Sæbjörnsson to represent Iceland at the 57th Venice Biennale.
Artist Egill Sæbjörnsson has been selected to represent Iceland at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, the pavilion will be curated by Stefanie Böttcher...
A wandering polar bear shot dead in Iceland
An adolescent female polar bear was killed with a gunshot wound to the neck by a farm not far from the town of Sauðárkrókur in north Iceland late last...
A new understanding of eruptions in Iceland
A collective study published by sciencemag.org reveals a new understanding of the causes of some the largest eruptions in Icelandic history.
Construction disrupted by elves or hidden people in Iceland
Contractors drilling for water in north Iceland have finally made contact with the hidden people to ask permission to drill after repeated unexplained...
Eiderdown, a generation of warmth unique to Iceland
In the artic skirts of Iceland, there exists a substance like no other. Known for centuries as natures greatest insulator it has been used by common I...
Iceland’s only low-cost airline buys four new Airbus A321’S
WOW Air, Iceland’s only low-cost airline and the worlds only ultra-low-cost transatlantic airline just signed up for four new Airbus A321’s to b...
Monitoring of Hekla Volcano Improved
Monitoring of Mt. Hekla has been improved over the past months, Hekla is one of the most active and potentially dangerous volcanoes in Iceland. Accord...