Tag Archives: Iceland

Iceland’s South Shore in slow-motion

December 10, 2011 @ 11:17 am
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The Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011

October 20, 2011 @ 10:15 am

I’ve never heard of this phenomenon before, but in Iceland, there’s something called the Icelandic Midnight Sun in which the sun stays above the horizon for 24 hours. The person behind this video traveled all across Iceland for 17 days … Continue reading →

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The sagas of Icelanders

October 5, 2011 @ 11:02 am

Dr. Emily Lethbridge from Cambridge University is spending a year in Iceland to research and discover the unique sagas passed down from many generations about specific Icelanders. The sagas are closely associated with the landscape of Iceland and this video … Continue reading →

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Soccer team celebrates goals through pantomime

August 6, 2011 @ 3:46 pm

Iceland’s Stjarnan F.C. football team celebrates victory in style. I’m surprised none of this is called out for unsportsmanlike conduct. Haha.

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Video of Icelandic volcano eruption

May 24, 2011 @ 1:08 am

Jon Gustafsson shot this amazing footage of the Icelandic volcano Grimsvotn erupting before his eyes as he rode aboard a helicopter with the Helicopter Service of Iceland. Look at that lightning shooting through those dark clouds!

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Icelandic singer shows us how to pronounce Eyjafjallajokull

April 22, 2010 @ 6:32 pm

Eyjafjallajokull. That’s the word that’s been on a lot of people’s tongues lately, and yet with all of the press surrounding the volcano’s name (or the glacier’s name, as I’ve been told), nobody seems to have the pronunciation quite right. … Continue reading →

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