At the small island of Iceland the climate despite its name is not cold all year round. It is temperate with mild winters and cool summers. Iceland is only 100,250 square miles and slightly bigger than Kentucky but the economy, trade and culture is different and the same of other larger countries. Iceland is located south of Greenland and in the North Atlantic Ocean. Iceland was settled in the late 9th centuries A.D. by the Scottish and Irish. Iceland was growing as a world power till 1875 when the volcano Askaja devastated Iceland's economy spreading worldwide famine. This led to 20% of Iceland's population to immigrate to Canada and the U.S. Iceland has not had an eruption as devastating since which helped them get to where they are today.
Iceland's economics are based upon its fishing. With 5,000 km of coastline Iceland has taken advantage of its vast ocean with ports bringing in numerous amounts of fish. Iceland also has other resources such as hydropower, geothermal power and diatomite. Iceland's main industries start off with fish processing, aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production, geothermal power and a little tourism. The GDP, or gross domestic product of Iceland, is over 6.85 billion. Its growth rate is about 4.3%. Iceland currently has an inflation rate of 3.5%. Iceland has 159,000 people in its workforce with 64% of them in services, 15% are in agriculture with 13% of that fishers or processors and other industries is 21%. Iceland has a rather low unemployment rate of 1%. Iceland is overlooked by foreign investors at times because of its poor infrastructure. Iceland has no railways at all. One fourth of its highways are unpaved making it impossible for trucks, or other transporters on land, to travel. Iceland has 86 airports which would not seem to bad but yet only 13 are paved. Iceland has good fishing and coastal trade but because of its poor infrastructure it makes it hard for countries to export and import on the dry land of Iceland.
Iceland is said to be forged by fire and honed by ice. Iceland is considered a baby in geological terms. ... Although Iceland is considered an Arctic country, the mainland of Iceland lies entirely below the Arctic Circle. ... Iceland has very few trees. ... Since Iceland experiences high rainfall and abundant glacial melt-water, Iceland has an abundance of rivers. ...
The first area to have been discovered by the vikings was Iceland. ... Most of the impact of Iceland came from south-west Norway, which established Iceland's law, language, and religion. ... The next discovery was by Erik the Red, after he had been exiled from Iceland for murder. ... North America's discovery occured similar to Iceland's. ... The effect they had can be seen by observing the settlements of Iceland, Greenland, and North America....
Icelandic mythology has always been a prominent part of our modern day society; whether it is in books, movies, or modern day terminology. ... Yet even with these flaws, he still is respected and in Icelandic mythology is considered a god. ... Let us now move to Icelandic mythology's historical background. ... People of the Icelandic culture believed in many gods (also known as possessing a polytheistic culture). ... As in, there are other forms of mythology similar to Icelandic mythology out there. ...
The Sagas of Icelanders have also been known, rather imprecisely, as Icelandic Family Sagas. They constitute the best-known grouping within the richly diverse range of Icelandic Sagas (see the separate essay Icelandic Sagas in The Literary Encyclopedia). ... Eyrbyggja saga and Laxdla saga are named from neighbourhoods, their titles referring to the people of Eyrr and Laxárdalr in the west of Iceland. ... SETTING Most of the action in the Sagas of Icelanders takes place in the isolated settlements and sweeping landscapes of medieval Iceland. ... Andersson in The Icelandic Family Saga (...
Iceland, Hawaii, and Mount Saint Heleri were formed this way. 7. There is volcanic activity in Iceland because it sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is a divergent plate boundary. 8. ... The difference between Iceland's and Hawaiian Islands volcanic activity is that Iceland's sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which is a divergent plate boundary, where a plates separate they form long deep cracks called rifts. ...
The third most dangerous location for G Enterprise is Iceland and then the least dangerous would be Hawaii. ... These are safer than San Francisco but still not the safest place to place the factory for G Enterprise Iceland Brel Incorporate has chosen Iceland as the third most dangerous place to put G Enterprise because they have 35 active volcanoes in Iceland. ... Helka is another volcano in Iceland it has also erupted over 20 times and the last time it did erupt was in 2000. ... Therefore Iceland is a safer place to build G Enterprise but not the safest. ... Iceland was the second safe...
There is a hot debate raging in Iceland! ... A fortune facilitated by Icelandic tax dollars. ... Hence the fervor in Iceland. ... Genealogy is an integral part of the culture, 80% of all Icelandic people who have ever lived in Iceland and abroad can be traced on family trees. ... "For Sale: Iceland's Genetic History." ...
celand, co named to discourage conquest by expanding empires, is not all ice-covered like Greenland and parts of siberia, even though it is nearby on the Arctic Circle.The average winter temperature of Iceland is considerably higher than regions at the same latitude in eastern Greenland and central Siberia.This is so because of water's high heat capacity, ocean temperatures does not vary much from summer to winter.The water is warmer than the air in the winter, and cooler than the air in the summer land, with a lower specific heat capacity,gets hot in summer but cools rapidly in wint...
Medieval Icelandic society exemplifies some of the various methods that have been used to settle conflicts through its unique legal system. ... Surprisingly, medieval Iceland contained a well-organized legal system. ... Early Iceland was divided into several districts, each containing three chieftains. ... Offering to raise your opponent's child was a very big sign of compromise and settlement in early Icelandic society. ... Although the medieval Icelandic legal system was somewhat ordered, it lacked any executive power, and therefore, the rules were not always followed. ...
