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  • Reader Letters: The Whale-Hunting Debacle

    Reader Letters: The Whale-Hunting Debacle

    Hi, I just read on your site that more minke whales will be killed because of the demand of some tourists. I am certain that a vast majority of tourists are against whale hunting. Why the government is following the demand of…

  • Sólon, And Thanks For All The Fish!

    Sólon, And Thanks For All The Fish!

    Hrefna: We visited Sólon on a particularly ordinary Wednesday afternoon. The place felt familiar. Maybe because I pass it every day on my way to work, envying the patrons who always seem so happy with their curly fries and drinks. The location,…

  • Baby Minke Whale Beaches Self, Is Later Freed

    Baby Minke Whale Beaches Self, Is Later Freed

    A baby minke whale that beached itself in south Iceland has been freed, and is back in the ocean. RÚV reports that the calf swam into a small boat harbour in Þórshöfn, south Iceland, yesterday morning, and got itself stuck. While it…

  • News In Brief Early August

    News In Brief Early August

    A whole new angle on the ever-brewing Ministry of the Interior scandal came to light when it was reported that Interior Minister Hanna Birna had contacted then-Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson, in person and by phone, in part to…