Iceland
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Tourists gathered near Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano on Saturday to watch it spew out lava and streams of molten rock. The eruption occurred about 20 miles from ...
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Iceland will lift all public COVID-19 restrictions starting Friday, saying that herd immunity is the way out of the pandemic. “We are returning to normal life ...
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Authorities in Iceland have found a small plane at the bottom of a lake two days after the aircraft went missing with three tourists and a ...
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Iceland says it will end whaling from 2024 amid dwindling demand and continuing controversy. “There are few justifications to authorize whale hunting beyond 2024,” when current ...
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland—Rescue teams in Iceland were searching Friday for a small plane that is thought to have crashed while carrying three foreign tourists on a sightseeing ...
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Iceland on Oct. 8 halted the use of the Moderna vaccine against the CCP virus due to reports from Nordic countries of “increased incidence” of inflammation ...
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Just a 25-minute car ride from Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport, a constantly shifting hiking trail winds over two miles to a view of what’s quite possibly ...
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COPENHAGEN—A volcano in Iceland spewing lava into the sky since it erupted last Friday could continue its spectacular display for years, potentially becoming a new tourist ...
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On Friday night, March 19, a volcano that had been dormant for 6,000 years erupted in Iceland. Scientists are at the site, studying the phenomenon.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland—The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing across a small valley in southwestern Iceland is easing and shouldn’t interfere with ...
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COPENHAGEN—A volcanic eruption began in southwestern Iceland near the capital Reykjavik on Friday following thousands of small earthquakes in the area in recent weeks, the country’s ...
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COPENHAGEN—Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an ...
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland—A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Iceland on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital, Reykjavik. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Icelandic Meteorological Office ...
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Some dozens of long-finned pilot whales lay dead on a remote beach in Iceland on July 18, 2019.
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A large sign warns motorists that Iceland’s Fjadrárgljúfur canyon is closed to visitors.
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AKUREYRI—Police in Iceland have a warning for visitors: Beware of our roads in the winter. Spending a clear winter night under an Arctic sky lit up ...
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A group of kayakers helped herd a pod of pilot whales out of the shallow waters of an Icelandic fjord on Aug. 12—and again on Aug. ...
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland—A whaling company in Iceland said Tuesday it is preparing its fleet to bring commercial hunting of fin whales back to the Nordic island nation ...
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Iceland’s biggest volcano has been shaken by a series of earthquakes in the past week, possibly presaging an eruption. The 6,590-foot Bardarbunga volcano, buried underneath the ...