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Read more about the article Tractors, Ptarmigans and Dried Cod at Hrísey Island

Tractors, Ptarmigans and Dried Cod at Hrísey Island

Inclement weather and an irregular winter ferry schedule forced us to cancel our trip to the northern island of Grímsey, the only place in Iceland which crosses the Arctic Circle. But we'd been in this country long enough to have learned: always have a Plan B. And so we hopped on a different ferry bound for a different island: Hrísey.

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Read more about the article Siglufjörður’s Herring Era Museum

Siglufjörður’s Herring Era Museum

Until being usurped by tourism, fishing had always been Iceland's most important industry, and the country's biggest factory was found in the tiny northern town of Sigluförður. Today the former plant houses a museum dedicated to the bygone days when herring was king.

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