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20.02.2012 | 18:00
Photos: Icelandic Arctic Fox Featured on Discover Wildlife
Presently, the web publication Discover Wildlife contains beautiful photographs of the Arctic Fox, taken last year by Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg at Hornstrandir, the West Fjords, rúv.is reports.
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The Haarbergs were travelling in the West Fjords collecting material on Icelandic nature for a book of photographs published by National Geographic last autumn.
Staff at the Súðavík Arctic Fox Centre assisted the couple during the shoot.
Click here to view the photographs and here to learn more about the Arctic Fox Centre.
ÁA
June
19
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Women's Day Off celebrated today
In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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Four Icelandic contestants will participate in this year’s World Skills International, the world cup for industrial- and vocational subjects. The competition is held every other year.
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June
19
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Free Iceland Travel Guides Released
This year’s free English-language travel guide Around Iceland has been released, the 38th year in a row. The guide is also published in Icelandic and German and is distributed in 100,000 copies to the country’s most frequented tourist destinations.
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An international group of divers recently traveled to Þingvellir National Park in Southwest Iceland to explore this unique diving destination. A Polish guide, Michail Zinieuricz, who works for the DIVE.is, led the team of North Americans and a French couple.
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June
18
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First Fin Whale Caught in Iceland
June
17
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15 More Reasons to Like Iceland (Photos)
June
17
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Today is the Icelandic National Day
June
16
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Festive Mood in Akureyri on June 17
June
16
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Reviving Reykjavík’s ‘Slum’
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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REVIEWS
amiina
May
27
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More Truthful History, Please
Historian Guðni Th. Jóhannesson busts some resilient myths about Icelandic Vikings and criticizes the (ab)use of history.
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June
10
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Sin Fang’s Album Release Concert
Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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