Day: July 31, 2011

With reoccurring earthquakes, floods and other eruptions many are wondering: When will Katla erupt and if it does, for how long.

Cats are well known for hunting mice and Kisi Magnússon, the cat living on the farm Ytri-Skógar by Eyjafjöll is no exception. He often brings his prey to Gudrún Tómasdóttir, the lady of the farm. On Saturday night Kisi brought an unusual catch. When Gudrún woke up the cat had a dying mink in his paws.

The discovery of a chess piece at Siglunes reported yesterday has strengthened engineer and chess enthusiast Gudmundur G. Thórarinsson in his theory that a remarkable set of chess pieces, the Lewis Chessmen, is of Icelandic origin.