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Students Invited To Reykjavík For Media Internships
If you’re a student looking to gain experience of the media, perhaps you’d like to join us for an internship in Reykjavík. The Reykjavík Grapevine is Iceland’s leading English-language publication, covering arts and culture, music, society, travel and much more. Interns are…
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FINALLY: Iceland’s New Ram Registry Is Out Now
The Ram Registry, an annual catalog of ram’s available for breeding, is finally out, much to the delight of Iceland’s sheep farmers. For the unfamiliar, the Ram Registry offers Iceland’s sheep farmers a chance to see the breeding rams available this season,…
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First Lambs Of Spring Arrive
A collective welcome to the first lambs born in Iceland this spring. The two little floofy black ram lambs were born at the farm in Fagraneskot and mark the arrival of spring in Iceland. The angel babies are doing great and more…
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Lambs Hit By Cars Every Day
About two to three lambs are struck by cars each day in northwest Iceland, MBL reports. Police in the Westfjords town of Ísafjörður say this is due in large part to drivers underestimating the road conditions and not driving slowly enough. If…
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Sheep Population Of Iceland More Than Double Human Population
It’s sheep round-up time again, and census numbers from farms around Iceland show numbers that will surprise no one who’s ever driven in the countryside. Vísir reports that, according to data gathered from farms around the country, there is a grand total…
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Massive Unexplained Sheep Death Across Iceland
Hundreds of sheep in Iceland have died off, and no one seems to know the exact cause. Research is currently underway to find the culprit. RÚV reports that the deaths have hit especially hard in Borgarfjörður in west Iceland, Eyjafjörður in the…
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So What’re These Lambs On TV I Keep Hearing About?
Starting at noon on May 14, Icelandic state television RÚV broadcast continuously for almost 24 hours from a farm called Syðri-Hofdalir in the Skagafjörður region in North Iceland. That was because it was lambing season, with 20 to 40 sheep giving birth…