Some things I can’t see or understand. Not even with my FUJI camera.
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Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir travels to Canada today. She will travel around Canada and the US until Monday and participate in the Icelandic Festivals held by the Icelandic communities in both countries.
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Click on the picture to watch this audio slideshow about bird watching at Óshólmar, an area at the mouth of Eyjafjardará river just outside Akureyri in north Iceland, the largest Icelandic town outside the capital region. Not many tourists know about this attraction, which is perfect for a walk in the sun.
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Located just 40 minutes by car and six minutes from Keflavík International Airport, Sandgerdi (“Sandy Hedge”) is a growing town of 1,700 with a storied history and loads to see. Read this special promotion about the hidden secrets of one of Iceland's most charming seaside villages.
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The Coast Guard’s search for a polar bear that might have accompanied the young animal killed in east Iceland on Wednesday has been called off for now. No bear sightings were made during the air search, which took place from 9 am to noon yesterday.
The Icelandic Coast Guard at practice. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
Police suspected that as the bear was so young, it might have been in the company of an adult bear. The Coast Guard will consult with the Environment Agency of Iceland whether further search is necessary, mbl.is reports.
After shooting the polar bear on Wednesday, police in Húsavík released a statement asking people in the region to be on alert. Police still recommend that people be careful, although no further polar bears have been spotted.
The slain bear turned out to be a female, weighing 136 kilos. It was in good shape, unlike the two bears that arrived in Iceland in the summer of 2008. The fur undamaged, it had no rub marks and the hairs were shiny which indicates that the bear wasn’t famished, Fréttabladid reports.
The bear was taken to Saudárkrókur yesterday where it was skinned. The fur will be preserved there but the carcass sent to the University of Iceland’s Keldur Institute for Experimental Pathology in Reykjavík for further research.
Click here to read more about the bear.
The second issue of the print edition of Iceland Review 2010 has just been published. Entitled “Under the Volcano” the magazine dedicates 20 pages, words and pictures, to the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier which made headlines all over the word. New subscribers will receive the book Puffins as a gift and all subscribers are part of a draw to win a trip to Iceland. Click here to subscribe to the magazine.
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Hendrikka Waage is an accomplished jewellery designer whose first children’s book Rikka and Her Magic Ring in Iceland, takes readers on an enchanted and educational journey through the country. It’s beautifully illustrated and a good lesson in geography, but the plot could have been better thought through and the moral of the story is a bit too prominent.
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On the third day of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption we drove from Skógar to Hvolsvöllur in total darkness, a distance of 18 kilometers. It was frightening, the darkness being so impenetrable that we could hardly see out the windows of the car. We could see faint lights from the farm standing right next to the highway.
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Ásmundur Sveinsson is among the foremost Icelandic sculptors. The current exhibition in the Ásmundur Sveinsson Museum in Reykjavík is entitled “I choose women who thrive…” and features women as symbols in the sculptor’s art. The works in the exhibition are selected from his entire career.
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