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2009

Posted by The Thor in Text
Friday, January 2. 2009

Hello World.

A lot has been going on in Iceland over the last few months. Therefore I'll revive this blog and show you what is going on around here as well as write a few commentaries.

In addition to that I'll add some pictures taken over the last year. Long overdue for publication.

- The Thor

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Oldest living animal is from Iceland

Posted by The Thor in Photo, Text, Wildlife Reykjavik
Monday, October 29. 2007

Scientist have discovered a clam living in Iceland to be the oldest living animal in the world. The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam species Arctica islandica, was hauled up from waters 250 feet deep. The world oldest Clam called Ming apparently is between 405 and 410 years old. So it is not only people that get old in Iceland.

Picture credit BBC

- The Thor all rights reserved

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The fast and not so furious

Posted by kitty in Events, Photo, Text
Wednesday, June 27. 2007

Yesterday a formula 1 car was driven for the first time in Iceland. It was the Williams F1 team that graced us with their presence. Since there is no race track in Iceland they turned the parking lot of the biggest Shopping Mall in Iceland in to a tiny tiny race track the track was so small that the car could only drive 5 rounds before it would overheat. But the show was free and it was fun to see and hear a real F1 car here at last.

Miss Iceland showed up and got to sit in the car and pose for photos.

It's hard to be in the limelight you just get to have your cake no time to eat it

The wind in Iceland isn't "do" friendly

tags: f1, formula 1, Reykjavik, Iceland, Williams, car, racing, miss iceland, fast car

-Kitty all right reserved-

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National day

Posted by The Thor in Text
Sunday, June 17. 2007

Wishing all Icelanders a happy national day.

63 years and counting since we got independence from Denmark in 1944

- The Thor

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New government in Iceland

Posted by The Thor in Events, Photo, Text
Monday, May 28. 2007

The old government between the independence party and the progressive party kept their majority, but it was so slim that they decided not to continue. A new government was formed between the independence party and the social democrats. Incidentally these are the parties seen on the bus stops in this post. The government has 12 ministers, these are:

Prime minister - Geir H. Haarde - Independence party
Foreign minister - Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir - Social democrats
Finance minister - Árni M. Mathiesen - Independence party
Justice and church minister - Björn Bjarnason - Independence party
Social minister - Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir - Social democrats
Education minister - Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir - Independence party
Industry minister - Össur Skarphéðinsson - Social democrats
Fishery and farming minister - Einar Kristinn Guðfinsson - Independence party
Environmental minister - Þórun Sveinbjarnardóttir - Social democrats
Transportation minister - Kristján L. Möller - Social democrats
Trade minister - Björgvin G. Sigurðsson - Social democrats
Health minister - Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarsson - Independence party