80 Sheep Collected in East Fjords After Having Stuck There All Winter
Farmers from Seyðisfjörður and Egilsstaðir in East Iceland went to Loðmundarfjörður to collect 80 sheep. It was somewhat difficult to get them down fr...
Large Earthquakes in Bárðarbunga Volcano Detected This Morning
Bárðarbunga volcano hasn’t quite settled after the Holuhraun eruption in 2014 and according to scientists, geothermal activity in the volcano ha...
Reindeer on the road in East Iceland – warning issued
It seems that the reindeers in East Iceland sense that the holidays are coming and want in on the action. They’ve frequently been spotted on the...
Öræfajökull – Iceland’s tallest volcano is waking up
Öræfajökull volcano, which name translates to “Wasteland glacier volcano” due to its destructive past, has begun to stir after 290 years o...
3 tonnes of plastic cleaned from West Fjords Nature Reserve
Volunteers from the organisation Cleaner Hornstrandir (Hreinni Hornstrandir) in the West Fjords did their annual cleaning the other day and collected ...
A new concept for an “Aurora Explorer” introduced by Icelandic camper company
For the last few years, companies have been coming up with new and innovative ways for travelers to see the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). So far,...
Contrary to popular belief, Iceland’s volcanoes are relatively quiet right now
Iceland is a very geologically active country, there’s no question about it. There are frequent earthquake swarms, large earthquakes (over 3 on the Ri...
Multiple large earthquakes on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland
An earthquake swarm started yesterday on the Reykjanes Peninsula, close to Fagradalsfjall mountain. It has quieted down a bit since last night and it&...