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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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Four specialists from the Icelandic Marine Research Institute (Hafró) are currently in Kolgrafafjörður, West Iceland, the scene of the mass herring deaths, to carry out tests and attempt to direct the surviving herring out of the fjord with the use of low frequency sound.
The dead herring in Kolgrafafjörður. Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
Further temperature, salinity and oxygen measurements of the water will be taken and an evaluation of the number of herring still alive will be carried out before the low frequency sound is used to push the fish out of the fjord tomorrow.
The sound is similar to what is used to repel whales and killer whales and will be used along with a special device used in geological research. Undersea cameras are also being used.
Manager of the marine resources division at the Marine Research Institute, Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, told ruv.is that there are likely more than 200,000 tons of living herring in the fjord.
As reported last week, clean-up of the dead herring is underway. The goal is to bury the herring before it starts rotting, adding to the already extensive amount of grútur, herring fat, which pollutes the beach.
The fish are believed to have died due to lack of oxygen in the fjord caused by a landfill and bridge constructed across the fjord in December 2004.
Read more about this story here, here and here.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party have been called to separate meetings tonight to discuss the planned coalition of the two parties in Iceland’s next government.
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Trips to the top of Iceland’s highest peak, Hvannadalshnjúkur (aka Hvannadalshnúkur), have proven popular this year, according to Icelandic Mountain Guides. Hvannadalshnjúkur is a peak on Öræfajökull in South Iceland measuring 2,109 meters in height.
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The Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) at the University of Iceland was formally approved as a member of the United Nations University (UNU) network earlier this month.
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Sales of Icelandic vegetables are at a record high according to managing director of The Marketing Association of Horticultural Producers (Sölufélag garðyrkjumanna) Gunnlaugur Karlsson.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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REVIEWS
The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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