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February
03
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Invincible (ESA)
I finally admitted that I had to invest in some new outdoor clothes. Now I feel immune from the whims of the weather gods.
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February
03
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Video: Iceland 'Lake Monster' Captured on Film?
Footage was captured of an obscure phenomenon yesterday which appeared to be swimming in the glacial river Jökulsá í Fljótsdal, east Iceland. People speculate whether this may be the notorious snake-like monster Lagarfljótsormurinn.
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January
30
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Winter Hikes to Holy Mounds
The Iceland Touring Association (FÍ) organizes various hiking trips across Iceland throughout the year, including a project called ‘one peak per week’ where people sign up to join FÍ on hikes to 52 mountains in one year. In mid-January the group hiked two mountains called Helgafell in the capital region.
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January
02
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Village Profile: Fjallabyggd – A Skier’s Dream
Fjallabyggd (“Mountain Settlement”) is a skier’s dream. Its slopes are perfect for slaloming and there are also tracks for telemark skiing. Winter sporting enthusiasts can also go ice skating or rent snowmobiles. In summer, Fjallabyggd turns into a paradise for hikers. Read this special promotion about one of Iceland’s best hidden gems.
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February
02
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Is there a summer ski resort in Iceland?
January
09
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Will 2012 be a good year to see the northern lights?
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The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes for example an interview with world-renowned fashion designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir as well as features on the successful biotech company ORF Genetics and the hot debate regarding the EU. If you subscribe now, you will receive a photo book by IR editor, photographer Páll Stefánsson of the eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull as a gift. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.
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January
30
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Hometown Hero: Kvöldvaka and Amma
Sweet, honest music from troubadour Svavar Knútur.
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January
30
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Feature of the Week: EYESland
Does an image say more than a thousand words? Sometimes it does. It is interesting to see Iceland through travelers’ eyes. Some visiting for the twentieth time, others for the first time, but almost all of them focus their lenses on nature; the tiniest details or the greatest panorama of lava fields and mountains.
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January
30
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Event of the Week: Dreamland
The painter Karen Agnete (1903-1992) was one of many Danish women who married an Icelander and moved with their husbands to Iceland from Copenhagen in the first half of the 20th century. She was fascinated by Iceland and Icelanders; the current exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir highlights the types of paintings she concentrated on.
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