A walrus was photographed on a beach on the Reykjanes Peninsula yesterday, in what is considered to be an uncommon……
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No fewer than four walruses have wandered over to Iceland so far this year. Walruses are not native to the……
An employee of Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute had an unusual commute to work this morning. Jón Sólmundsson was……
Though no strangers to welcoming visitors to their picturesque hamlet, the residents of the East Iceland village of Breiðdalsvík received……
The walrus spotted on Sunday night in Höfn, Southeast Iceland, has been identified as Wally the Walrus, who was last……
A small crowd gathered in Höfn, Southeast Iceland, when a walrus was spotted in the town harbour yesterday evening, RÚV……
A Viking Age excavation in East Iceland is revealing a more nuanced history of the settlement of Iceland, involving seasonal……
Once upon a time, there was a brave Viking chief called Ingólfur Arnarson. He took to the open ocean along with his family and farmhands to seek out a land far across the sea that only a handful of explorers had visited. When Ingólfur saw this new, uninhabited land rise from the sea, knowing nothing of its opportunities or the challenges it presented, he asked the gods for direction on where to settle. Ingólfur threw his high-seat pillars overboard, swearing an oath to build his farm wherever they came ashore. The gods directed the pillars to Reykjavík, where Ingólfur made his home in the year 874.
A rare walrus sighting took place in East Iceland in Þvottárfjara in Álftafjörður, Austurfrétt reports. Djúpivogur resident Guðmundur Már Karlsson was……