Polar bears can both swim further and dive deeper than previously thought
In recent years, satellite collars deployed on polar bears have become more sophisticated and many now record time spent in the water, using a saltwat...
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Iceland Named Top Destination for Northern Lights in 2020
Popular travel magazine and website Travel + Leisure agrees that Iceland is among the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights and recently...
Icelandic Mountaineer John Snorri Attempting to be the First to Conquer K2 in Winter
No one has ever reached the summit of the notoriously dangerous mountain in winter Professional Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjonsson and his...
Iceland Re-Confirmed as Destination for Safe and Exciting Adventures
Iceland has once again ranked high on the Human Freedom Index—a “global measurement of personal, civil, and economic freedom” conducted by Canadian th...
Social trust is high in the Nordic region – and there is a recipe for that
The Nordic countries are often regarded as the role-model region of the world when it comes to equality on different levels of society. Equal access t...
Weather warnings issued for Iceland
UPDATE: The wind is set to pick up even more now as the day progresses. People are advised to pick up their children in daycare and after-school activ...
The Arctic is under threat from plastic litter pollution, new report shows
Plastic pollution in general – and in the world’s oceans in particular – has emerged as a major environmental problem, and is now acknowledged as a th...
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...