Iceland, it seems, is full of hidden poets. 冰岛似乎到处都是隐藏的诗人。 When theyre not at their day jobs, a great many of the islands 330,000 inhabitants dabble in verse, including politicians, businessmen, horse breeders and scientis...
Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson recently made news headlines for a very bizarre request hes asking dying people to donate their corpses for his latest art project. He apparently plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising to return them to th...
This roof's just getting lower and lower now, which I don't like. All of this part of the ceiling here has just collapsed. It's a bad time for the torch to come apart. If this goes out, I'm in real trouble. I can let you just see -- all of this stuff...
13. Yeah, look at this. Look, see all of these for the holes. Thats what I'm talking about. The last volcanic eruption was in 2004, but some of these lava fields are ancient, more than 7,000 years old, and they hold a special place in Icelandic folkl...
Now Im on the lookout for fuel for a nice warm fire. Therere loads of these birch trees around here, and these are what Im looking for. I can tell theyre birch just because of the way theyre silver-limbed. This time of year in the winter, all the lea...
Now Im on the lookout for fuel for a nice warm fire. Therere loads of these birch trees around here, and these are what Im looking for. I can tell theyre birch just because of the way theyre silver-limbed. This time of year in the winter, all the lea...
And you are warm again. The storm has blown over. And Ive spotted a forest in the distance. In Iceland, the poor soil, wind and temperature means that trees are few and far-between. But when you find them, they are ideal for both shelter and wildlife...
Already I can feel the wind changing. And the Icelanders have a saying -- if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes, and it will get a lot, lot worse. Im in the wilderness in Iceland. Here, there are huge freezing rivers like this. And an...
I could actually eat the meat raw. But its harder to digest and can actually take energy away from the body. So cook meat whenever you can. You see here just where all the water is boiling. And all I need to do is take my shoelace off and then I have...
Reykjavikthe Fairy Capital of the WorldI celand, the land of fire and ice, is home to Reykjavik, the worlds northernmost capital. Home to just a little over 100,000 people, its hardly a giant among cities. But dont be fooled by its sleepy 1)appearanc...
