At the border between Iceland’s rugged north and its uninhabitable interior, at the end of a twisting mountain road that only 4-wheel drive enthusiasts dare traverse, there’s a sprawling patch of land ...
Reporting from Skagafjordur, Iceland — “You must come for the rettir,” my friend Kristin said. It’s her favorite time of year in Iceland — the annual fall roundup where Icelandic farmers on horseback ...
After all, life in Endiang, Alberta, the heart of coyote country, isn’t easy for roly-poly animals with short legs and low IQ. So when he and his wife were stocking their farm four years ago, they ...
Come September, the hours of daylight and darkness in Iceland are briefly equal as summer recedes and the shadow of winter advances across the island. The wind gets a steely edge, stirring up white ...
“Rams” starts with a baa and ends with a blizzard that seems to have blown in from Norse mythology. In between, there’s enough sheep farming and sibling rivalry to qualify the movie as a Biblical saga ...
Tough and resilient – the farmers in Iceland are much like the sheep they have bred to cope with the rugged terrain and sub-Arctic winter conditions. But many, like 44-year-old Heida Gudny, say their ...
Planting trees is “among the least painful ways” to meet the country’s goal to slash carbon emissions, experts say REYKJAVÍK, Dec 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An hour’s hike across a vast expanse ...
The first Icelandic film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in a decade, the poignant dramedy “Rams” is set in a remote valley where two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years must come ...
Ancient DNA from Iceland’s first centuries of habitation is forcing historians and geneticists to redraw the map of who ...