Fewer Low Income Women than Men
Just fewer than eight percent of Icelanders had income under minimum wages in 2014 according to new social science according to the Ministry of Welfa...
Whaling is out this Summer
There will be no whaling of the coast of Iceland this summer primarily because there has been great difficulty getting the product, whale meat, sold o...
Group stuck on Ice Floe
Incredibly just under fifty tourists got stuck on an ice floe on the Glacier Lagoon Jökulsárlón, just after reports about possible danger stemming fro...
Tourists on Thin Ice Again
Dozens of tourists, among them children, ventured out on the ice of the glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón again today.
Three Fatal Accidents and a Close Call in Icelandic Nature in the last two Months
Icelanders are shaken by news of the Chinese visitor who was swept out to sea this week, sadly not the first vacationer to suffer this fate in Reynisf...
Snowrollers – a Weather Phenomena
In the midst of all the snow in Iceland right now might be appropriate to mention the Snowrollers, a rather odd weather phenomena. Occasionally after ...
Diver’s Death Calls for Stricter Rules at Silfra
The victim of a diving accident at the Silfra fissure in Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park was pronounced dead yesterday, Thursday. The victim was a ...
Boreholes in Eldvörp are a Bore, Argues Nature Conservationist
An online petition has been launched by nature guide and biologist Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson to protest the drilling of boreholes in an untouched reg...