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Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year
It was its seventh eruption since December. Iceland’s meteorological office that monitors seismic activity said Wednesday’s ...
来自MSN3 个月
Viking Age stone figurine unearthed in Iceland — but no one can agree on which animal it is
Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between ...
Cambridge University Press6 个月
Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland
Tang, Harriet J. Evans 2023. Reading Animal-Human Relations: Sámr and Gunnarr inNjáls saga. Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 95, Issue. 1, p. 35.
BBC4 年
Whale killing: DNA shows Iceland whale was rare hybrid
Photographic evidence from anti-whaling groups had shown a large animal being butchered in Iceland early in July - based on these images, some experts concluded that it was a juvenile male blue ...
Animal Welfare Institute11 年
Iceland to Resume Commercial Fin Whale Hunt
Almost two years ago, Iceland’s Hvalur Inc., headed by Kristjan Loftsson ... Icelandic citizens are engaged in trade that diminishes the effectiveness of an international program for endangered or ...
BBC5 个月
Iceland grants whale hunting permit despite animal welfare concerns
Iceland's government has issued a licence to hunt whales to the country's sole whaling company - a move condemned by animal welfare groups. The licence for the 2024 hunting season allows the ...
Animal Welfare Institute6 年
Icelandic Whaling
Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.