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Plaque Memorializes First Icelandic Glacier Lost to Climate Change
In 2014, the Okjökull was declared dead after dwindling from over 5 square miles to a mound of “dead ice”
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Two Captive Beluga Whales Are Heading to First-of-Its-Kind Sanctuary in Iceland
It is the first refuge of its kind for belugas
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Justin Bieber Ruined This Idyllic Icelandic Canyon
Over a million people have tromped the edges of Fjaðrárgljúfur since Biebs danced on its edge in a 2015 video
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Book of Lost Books Discovered in Danish Archive
The index is part of the Libro de los Epítomes, an effort by Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son to create a searchable index of the world’s knowledge
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Burials Suggest Icelandic Vikings Had a Thing for Stallions
Adding some insight into their little-known funerary practices, DNA analyses confirm that sacrificial stallions were buried in Viking graves
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A new study looks for traces of the devastating volcanic event in a poem composed in approximately 961 A.D.
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Follow the Paths of Viking Raiders from Norway to North America
Visit these preserved settlement sites
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First ‘Negative Emissions’ Plant Opens in Iceland, Turning Atmospheric CO2 Into Stone
The plant’s operators hope to halt the warming of the Earth, but many challenges remain for the plan to work on a large scale
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This Wandering Concrete Sphere Will Track the Movements of the Arctic Circle
On a small Icelandic island, a massive piece of art will track Earth’s wobble in space
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Why the Artist Ragnar Kjartansson Asked his Mother to Spit On Him
The Icelandic performance piece Me and My Mother is latest Hirshhorn acquisition
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Iceland’s Volcano and Earthquake Museum is Devoted to the Country’s “Epic” Geology
The Lava Center is surrounded by three volcanoes
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This Town in Iceland Is a Modern Pompeii
Iceland’s ‘Mountain of Fire’ volcano wreaked havoc with an island and the island fought back
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Why the Best Way to See Iceland Is by Horse
The country’s landscape is surreal and one-of-a-kind—so is a ride on the Icelandic equine
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From Iceland to Croatia, Go On the Ultimate “Game of Thrones” Tour
Want more “Game of Thrones” than a show every Sunday and books every few years? Consider visiting the filming locations
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