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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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ICE-SAR search and rescue team member and inhabitant of Grundarfjörður, Tómas Logi Hallgrímsson, caught close-up footage of a pack of killer whales searching for foods in the West Iceland fjord on Sunday.
Tómas and his parents had decided to enjoy the good weather by taking their boat out and that’s how they came so close to the whales.
He told visir.is that he had also seen many killer whales in Grundarfjörður on an earlier occasion, “but that time I didn’t have my camera with me.”
According to Tómas, there is plenty of herring in the fjord these days, which is why the killer whales appear.
When asked what it was like to experience being so close to these large animals, he said, “it was of course incredible. You don’t realize how big they are until you can almost reach out and touch them. I sometimes had to look both sides to see the entire whale.”
Information on winter whale watching tours from Grundarfjörður is available here.
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On the way back to Reykjavík following this morning's news conference, at which the new government agreement was formally presented, the next Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, and his assistant, Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, who was driving, were stopped for speeding.
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Leader of the Progressive Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who held the mandate to lead coalition talks, presented the government agreement between the Progressive Party and Independence Party to the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the presidential residence Bessastaðir this morning.
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The chairmen of the Independence Party and Progressive Party, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, formally presented the government agreement to the public at a press conference shortly after 11 am this morning.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party unanimously accepted the government agreement negotiated by their respective chairmen, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, yesterday evening.
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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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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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