Þjórsárver
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Þjórsárver Protected Area Quadrupled Today
Today, the protected area around Þjórsárver by Höfsjökull in the south of Iceland will be enlarged from 358 square kilometres to 1.563, according to a source speaking to Fréttablaðið. The increase means that the protected land will be quadrupled in size. The…
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Þjórsárver: Disappearing From View
When photographer Anna Domnick first experienced Icelandic nature in 2012 on a working trip, she said she was awestruck by what she saw: magnificent untouched open spaces that have been preserved due to Iceland’s conservation laws. Anna explains over the phone from…
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Less Is More
Following the economic collapse in October 2008, the tourism industry became the fastest growing sector of Iceland’s economy. Today, it is the biggest breadwinner, earning more foreign currency than any other sector. The problem, however, is that the industry is growing too fast…
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Fit For Print
Tourism, it need hardly be pointed out, is big business in Iceland, an industry which in the years following the crash has ballooned, with more than double the country’s population visiting last year. But while making it into the New York Times…