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Iceland (Icelandic : Ísland , pronounced [ˈistlant] ⓘ ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans , on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe . It is linked culturally and politically with Europe and is the region's most sparsely populated country . Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík , which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents. The official language of the country is Icelandic .
Located on a rift between tectonic plates , Iceland's geologic activity includes geysers and frequent volcanic eruptions . The interior consists of a volcanic plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains , and glaciers , and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a latitude just south of the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate .
According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the island. In the following centuries, Norwegians , and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians , immigrated to Iceland, bringing with them thralls (i.e., slaves or serfs) of Gaelic origin. (Full article... )
Die Another Day is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions . It was directed by Lee Tamahori , produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli , and written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade . The fourth and final film starring Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond , it was also the only film to feature John Cleese as Q , and the last with Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny . It is also the first film since Live and Let Die (1973) not to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q as he died three years earlier. Halle Berry co-stars as NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson , the Bond girl . It follows Bond as he attempts to locate a traitor in British intelligence who betrayed him and a British billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a North Korean operative whom Bond seemingly killed. It is an original story, although it takes influence from Bond creator Ian Fleming 's novels Moonraker (1955) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), as well as Kingsley Amis 's novel, Colonel Sun .
Die Another Day marked the
James Bond franchise's 40th anniversary. The film includes references to each of the preceding films. It received mixed reviews; some critics praised Tamahori's direction, but others criticised the reliance on CGI,
product placement and unoriginal plot, as well as the villain. Nevertheless, it was the highest-grossing
James Bond film up to that time. (
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8 February 2022 Skateboarder Josh Neuman dies in a plane crash in Thingvellir National Park (Guardian)
28 November 2021 Right-left wing coalition continues after an election (Reuters)
9 September 2021: Laugardalshöll in Iceland chosen as the venue for the world tournament in League of Legends (esports)
22 March 2021: Fagradalsfjall (pictured ) on the Reykjanes peninsula erupts in a fissure (BBC)
Erik Thorvaldsson (
c. 950 – c.
1003 ), known as
Erik the Red , was a
Norse explorer , described in
medieval and Icelandic
saga sources as having founded the first European
settlement in
Greenland . Erik most likely earned the
epithet "the Red" due to the
color of his hair and beard. According to
Icelandic sagas , Erik was born in the
Jæren district of
Rogaland ,
Norway , as the son of
Thorvald Asvaldsson ; to which Thorvald would later be banished from Norway, and would sail west to
Iceland with Erik and his family. During Erik's life in Iceland, he married Þjódhild Jorundsdottir and would have four children, with one of Erik's sons being the well-known Icelandic explorer
Leif Erikson . Around the year of 982, Erik was exiled from Iceland for three years, during which time he explored Greenland, eventually culminating in his founding of the first successful European settlement on the island. Erik would later die there around 1003
CE during a winter epidemic. (
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There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank.
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Mývatn
Surrounding
Mývatn are the
calderas Gæsafjöll,
Krafla , Vinderbelgjarfjall, Hverfjall, Búrfell, and Bláfjall.
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