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Iceland's Cozy Dream Town Lets You Whale-Watch And Soak In A Hot Tub On A Black Sand Beach

This dreamy little town in northern Iceland is the perfect base for a whale-watching trip and boasts its own stunning black ...

Where to go for a quiet Iceland escape? Try the Troll Peninsula

Take a winter road trip from Iceland’s second city, Akureyri, through a northern peninsula framed by fjords and punctuated by ...
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I went to Iceland for the first time. Here are 8 things that surprised me.

I visited Iceland for the first time in November on a reporting trip. Iceland is tiny – its population is about 1% the size of California's. And most people live in a very small area. There are no ...
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Protecting Iceland’s towns from lava flows – with dirt

20 May 2021. Fjóla Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir is shown studying the lava field upstream of the dams, with the Fagradalsfjall volcano in the background. It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021 ...
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Iceland volcano dramatically erupts again as streams of lava reach town’s defensive walls

(CNN) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing massive lava flows that threatened to cut off the town of Grindavík and prompting the evacuation ...