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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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Research conducted by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in the U.K. has concluded that 14 percent of Whooper swans, which migrate from Iceland to the Great Britain and Ireland, have pellets in their bodies. Hundreds of swans are killed by hunters.
Photo by Geir Ólafsson.
Among Bewick’s swans that breed in Siberia and winter in Britain, the situation is even worse, with almost 33 percent of birds having pellets embedded in their bodies; one surviving swan had as many as 21 pellets in its body, scotsman.com reports.
Julia Newth, a wildlife health research officer with the WWT, who has published the findings in the latest newsletter of the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme, said she was shocked by the scale of illegal hunting uncovered.
“Both species are completely legally protected in every country they fly through and there should be a zero percentage being shot,” commented Newth.
“The Whooper swans only migrate from Iceland where they breed over the summer and make their way to Britain and Ireland. It means they are being shot in Britain, Iceland or Ireland,” she stated.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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Mountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.
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Iceland’s new government formally took power today following a state council meeting at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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One of the last tasks of Steingrímur J. Sigfússon while in office as minister of industries and innovation was to issue a regulation on Monday extending the reserve for whales in Faxaflói bay, off Reykjavík in Southwest Iceland. The regulation took affect at midnight.
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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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