Iceland review - 2016, Page 6

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David Cameron, the British Prime Minister,
and one of the 1.3 million visitors who
traveled to Iceland last year, spoke during his
Reykjavík visit in October about a proposed
submarine power cable connecting the two
nations as a “win-win situation” for the UK
and Iceland.
But is it so? Zoë (page 52) looks at our so-
called green renewable energy, produced in
Iceland. Should we dam more, do we have
energy to export to energy-hungry Europe?
And what about the new dams and power
lines? Do they destroy our cash cow: the
unspoiled wilderness of the interior of Iceland?
In 2015, Iceland’s nature and landscape
drew more than four times its population,
which is stretching the infrastructure and
threatening the fragile nature of our country.
Halldór Lárusson (page 56) looks at how the
new Nature Protection Act may impact our
right to roam.
We are stubborn, still whaling against all
odds. As the government assesses the cost
of ignoring demands to cease the practice,
we take a look at the issue (page 70).
And we bring you the latest crop of
landscape pictures (page 28), from
Bakkafjörður in the northeast, to the
southernmost beach in Iceland, west of
Dyrhólaey, at the southern tip of Iceland. We
also feature the work of photojournalist Ólafur
K. Magnússon (1926-97) (page 66) and
contemporary portrait and fashion
photographer Anna Ósk Erlingsdóttir (page
38). Plus, we speak with writer, designer and
musician Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson (page 14)
and award-winning film director Rúnar
Rúnarsson (page 20).
That’s not all: we also go to London, joining
Icelandic farmers and food producers (page
44) at Borough Market; then we visit some of
the creative people who call Stykkishólmur
(page 60), West Iceland, home; and, of
course, we bring you the Last Page, on the
last page of the magazine (112), where it has
been for the last 40 years.
Páll Stefánsson
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