Raising Icelandic horses is a challenge, even in the best of times. Although there are no predators and few diseases in Iceland, the short growing sea...
It seems the volcano has managed to drive away one of Iceland's most promising sources of income: tourists. But truth be told, there probably has never been a better time to visit the country.
The Icelandic volcano whose recent eruption created air travel chaos across Europe has been giving news anchors as much trouble as travelers.
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It's funny when people mispronounce words. You may have caught the video we posted earlier of news reporters attempting to pronounce the name of the I...
Out of the country's 3 major volcanoes, Hekla, Katla and Grimsvotn, (Imagine if my name was Grimsvotn?) what's interesting, and a bit ominous, is that Mount Katla usually erupts whenever Eyjafjallajokull does, but with greater force.
Our man-made crises fill our everyday lives, but we ignore natural phenomena at our peril. We lose sight of how detached from our environment we've become, how thin the veneer of civilization really is, and how fragile our bodies and our institutions really are.
A new political party -- the modestly named The Best Party (Besti Flokkurinn) -- led by comedian Jón Gnarr, has thrown a scare into Iceland's powers-that-be by receiving the most votes in Reykjavik's municipal elections yesterday.