Day: August 31, 2005

The National Energy Authority and other major Icelandic energy companies plan to drill a five kilometer deep research hole to estimate the geothermal reserves of the country. Iceland’s usable reserves could be ten times more than once believed.

Sale of ptarmigan will be banned and the ptarmigan hunting season will be substantially shortened announced minister of the environment Sigrídur Anna Thódardóttir yesterday.

Excellent fishing has been reported this summer in major salmon fishing rivers in Iceland.