I used to hitchhike around Iceland fairly frequently. I’ve circled the Ring Road by thumb three times, and have traveled…
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Weed, Hunting & Suicidal Ptarmigans: Hitchhiking In The Northeast Is Crazy
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90,000 Guns But No Gun-Related Crimes
In March, an overzealous gun owner shot a few rounds into the air in Kópavogur, a suburb of Reykjavík. He’d…
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Increase In Number Of Hunted Whales
The number of hunted whales is expected to rise compared to last year, RÚV reports. Whaler Gunnar Bergman Jónsson hopes…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Your Frenemy
Hi Nanna, Serious question here, sorry. I have this friend, we used to be very close when we were teenagers….
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Home On The Range: Shooting in Borgarnes
I have never been a fan of firearms. I mostly found them scary, and the only things I liked about…
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Most Reindeer Mercifully Spared Being Hunted
Slightly fewer reindeer have been hunted so far this year than last year, and the majority allowed to be hunted…
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Fishing Ministry Silent On Fin Whale Hunting Moratorium
The US Embassy in Iceland has welcomed the news that Iceland will not hunt fin whales this summer, but the…
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It’s Ptarmigan Hunting Season Again!
Four weekends this year will be open for hunting ptarmigans, with a quota of 54,000 of the birds set aside….
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Unwise To Hunt Puffins This Year
Puffin populations have shrank so much that even a 3-day hunting season is “unwise”, says an ornithologist for the South…
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Ptarmigan Hunting Unsustainable
An ecologist for The Icelandic Institute of Natural History (IINH) has released a report on ptarmigans, with one conclusion being…
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30 Million To Fox Hunting
The Environment Agency of Iceland will be paying Iceland’s most sparsely-populated regions for the hunting of foxes, which the agency…
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Reindeer Farm Possibly In The Works
Two Icelanders are hoping to start a farm of 200 reindeer, with the hopes of increasing that population tenfold over…
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Hunters Asked To Stop Headshots
The Iceland Tourist Guide Association is petitioning hunters to stop shooting reindeer in the head, reports RÚV. The association argues that…
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