Archive for September, 2014
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Snow On The Mountains
27 Sep 2014The snow is already appearing in Iceland, now on the mountains around Reykjavík. Winter is coming! Snjóað í fjöll í…
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Stripped Of Glacierhood
22 Sep 2014I don’t know if it will provoke the kind of backlash that occurred when Pluto was stripped of its planet…
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Witches’ Rings
18 Sep 2014I always love when I find stories that not only teach me new Icelandic words, but also something new in…
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Clever Horses
16 Sep 2014Much has been written about the uniqueness of the Icelandic breed of horse. This recent article from RÚV relates more…
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Lava Like Honey
14 Sep 2014A volcanologist studying the eruption at Holahraun has likened the thickness of the flowing lava to natural honey. Really, really,…