Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland, and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff, are currently sailing to Antarctica, according to the President's office near Reykjavík. Al Gore, Nobel laureate and former US Vice President invited them to visit the southernmost continent on the planet. Continue Reading

Viking exploration of Hudson Bay will continue in 2013 when descendants of the first Viking voyagers to reach North America 1,000 years ago sail into the Arctic from Churchill, Manitoba. Continue Reading

The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins from Greenland and Canada. Continue Reading

Iceland's foreign minister this morning described Canadian fears that Huang Nubo's hoped-for land purchase in Iceland is part of a wider Chinese plan to take the country over, as 'ridiculous'. Continue Reading

New Harbors New Hopes is a novel by Celia Lund and the follow-on to the enjoyable Square Sails and Dragons Continue Reading

Last year, 14 women hockey players grabbed the chance to form a ‘Canadian team’ for an annual October tournament in Iceland. This year, the number has swelled to 57 women and many are bringing their partners and friends so that the Canadian contingent will be the largest group at The Iceland International Ice Hockey Cup Tournament, to be held at Egilsholl Arena in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik from 5th October to the 10th. Continue Reading

A large group of children and teenagers gathered in central Reykjavik yesterday for a march. Were they calling for world peace? Cheaper textbooks? Or better treatment for farm animals? Not quite. They were calling on Justing Bieber to come to Iceland... Continue Reading

Thousands of people took part in the so-called ‘SlutWalk’ at the weekend in Helsinki, a feminist march aimed at removing the way women dress from the debate about sexual assault. Continue Reading

Two Canada-based wedding photographers recently visited Iceland to photograph the wedding of an American couple at one of the country's best-known country hotels. The photographers enjoyed their trip so much that they wanted to share their experience with IceNews readers. Continue Reading

This Saturday saw Iceland join the international SlutWalk phenomenon -- a reactionary parade calling for sexual assault to be blamed on the abusers and not the victims; however they choose to dress. Continue Reading