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Gods Of Iceland: Týr, The Tough Guy
Superpowers: Combat, courage, not even blinking even if you remove his limbs. Weaknesses: Sorry, did you say “weaknesses”? Modern Analogue: Arnold Schwarzenegger beating up aliens in Predator. Týr was the God of War and Justice. He made the baddest monsters quake in…
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Life In Pictures: Head Banging, Heavy Music And Beer Yoga
Each year in mid-July around 2000 fans of the metal, rock and indie music scene find their way to the small town of Neskaupstaður at the end of road 92 in the east of Iceland. The Eistnaflug festival has grown over the…
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When Ulysses Comes a-Knockin
http://youtu.be/TEC4nZ-yga8 It is quiet, isn’t it? I mean Iceland. It’s suspiciously quiet. There’s this saying that if you look around the poker table and you don’t know who’s being bluffed, it’s probably you. Something fishy must be going on. The Mediterranean Have…
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Týr Rescues 360 Migrants In Drifting Cargo Vessel Ezadeen
Ezadeen is the name of the vessel found drifting in the Mediterranean, last Thursday and towed to land by the Icelandic Coast Guard’s offshore patrol vessel Týr. The ship carried 360 migrants, mainly from Syria. They had been locked in the ship’s…
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Coastal Patrol Vessel Týr Rescues 406 Migrants Drifting On “Deadliest Route”
This Wednesday, the Coast Guard published the attached photographs, taken aboard its coastal patrol vessel Týr, during a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean. According to RÚV, that day Týr’s crew took part in an operation saving 408 migrants, travelling on…