More geographically correct were Icelandic texts from about the same time, which presented a clear picture of the northern countries as experienced by Norse explorers: north of Iceland a vast, barren plain ( which we now know to be the Polar ice-cap ) extended from Biarmeland ( northern Russia ) east of the White Sea, to Greenland, then further west and south were, in succession, Helluland, Markland and Vinland.

The memo, however, underlines that the President of Iceland has no political power and that no government official has presented similar points of view " to the same degree ".

Poul Anderson presented an antithesis in his story The Man Who Came Early, in which a modern American who finds himself in Viking Iceland fails to introduce modern technologies despite being an intelligent, competent, well-trained engineer, and finds that in a 10th century environment 10th century technologies work best.

The 1999 movie was also presented as an eight-part TV series in Australia and Iceland, again scripted by Petter Skavlan.

The president of Iceland presented the award to Scheving.

Iceland has explored the feasibility of exporting hydroelectric energy via submarine cable to mainland Europe and also actively seeks to expand its power-intensive industries, including aluminium and ferro-silicon smelting plants.

A 2006 and 2007 study on superstition by the University of Iceland ’ s Faculty of Social Sciences supervised by Terry Gunnell ( associate folklore professor ), reveal that natives would not rule out the existence of elves and ghosts ( similar results of a 1974 survey by Professor Erlendur Haraldsson, Fréttabladid reports ).

A scientific conference for those who study thermophiles has been held since 1990 at locations throughout the world, including Viterbo, Italy ; Reykjavik, Iceland ; New Delhi, India ; and Bergen, Norway.

While the study of magma has historically relied on observing magma in the form of lava outflows, magma has been encountered in situ three times during drilling projects — twice in Iceland, and once in Hawaii.

Although one formation theory originally proposed since the 1980s by Bohan-Henry and collaborators suggests that drumlin creation by a catastrophic flooding release of highly pressurized water flowing underneath the glacial ice, the recent retreat of a marginal outlet glacier of Hofsjökull in Iceland provided the opportunity for direct study of a drumlin field with formation of > 50 drumlins ranging from in length, in width, and in height.

That year, Iceland established a separate commission – along with Norway, Greenland and the Faroe Islands – for the conservation, management, and study of marine mammals.

Major contribution to science was his study of Iceland spar.

" Holt in Eyjafjasveit, Iceland: a paleoecological study of the impact of Landnám.

A 2008 study in Iceland found that the most fecund marriages are between distant cousins.

He left Iceland in 1916 to study in Germany at the Leipzig Conservatory.

The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture annually offers awards to foreign students for the study of Icelandic language, history and literature at the University of Iceland.

Another continuing study has been following the biocolonization of Surtsey, Iceland, a new volcanic island that erupted offshore between 1963 and 1967.

In 2006, Iceland was ranked as the fourth happiest nation in the world by an independent scientific study.

River management in cold regions: a case study of the River Laxá, North Iceland.

His journey to Iceland, along with travels to the Faeroe Islands, Scotland and England, and a meeting with Henry Clifton Sorby, led him from mining to the study of microscopical petrography, then a comparatively new science.

While a lot of debate surrounded the building of Þjóðarbókhlaðan at the time, it resulted in vastly improved consultation, study and research facilities for researchers, university students and the general public in Iceland.

While the study facilities of the University of Iceland have improved a lot since 1994, the library main building remains very popular with students.

By request, the library reserves textbooks used in courses taught at the University of Iceland to ensure that they are available for on-site study.

A. in philosophy and history and his M. A. in history from the University of Iceland, before going on to study politics at the University of Oxford where he received his DPhil.

It might mean the American astronauts that came to Iceland to study the volcanoes.

* being able to live, work, study, buy property and open up a business, anywhere in the EU through the bilateral agreement between Switzerland and the EU, plus the countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

He studied business in the University of Iceland, and later went on to study economics in Stockholm University.

In a 2001 study of paganism in Iceland, anthropologist María Erlendsdóttir disagreed, pointing out that von Schnurbein's field research included only two interviews with members of the organization and arguing that this was " not enough to give sound grounds to her accusations ".

In 2003 Iceland resumed scientific whaling which continued in 2004 and 2005.

The most notable new religious community in Iceland, and in 2003 the fastest-growing one, is the Ásatrúarfélagið, a legally recognized revival of the pre-Christian religion of Iceland.

Davíð Oddsson at a birthday party 19 February 2003 with Kjartan Gunnarsson, the executive director of the Independence Party ( Iceland ) | Independence Party, and one of Davíð ’ s closest friends and advisers

Japan and more recently Iceland ( in August 2003 ) have continued hunting for minkes on scientific grounds, which have been criticised by many environmental organisations as being a cover for commercial whaling.

She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song " Open Your Heart ", finishing the eight with 81 points.

Frank and Joe do not lack for money and they travel frequently to far-away locations, including Mexico in The Mark on the Door ( 1934 ), Scotland in The Secret Agent on Flight 101 ( 1967 ), Iceland in The Arctic Patrol Mystery ( 1969 ), Egypt in The Mummy Case ( 1980 ), and Kenya in The Mystery of the Black Rhino ( 2003 ).

The new Children's Act, passed in March 2003, and effective as of November 1, 2003, not only places Iceland on the list of twenty-five nations that have outlawed spanking, the act also outlaws verbal and emotional abuse and makes child protection a priority.

Memoir of Halldór Laxness was published in Iceland from 2003.

Faroese bonds were listed on behalf of Virðisbrævamarknaður Føroya in November 2003, and since December 2007 four Faroese equities have been listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Iceland.

It was formed by the merger of Kaupthing and Búnaðarbanki Íslands in 2003 and was the largest bank in Iceland.

From 2003 to 2006 the company used the name KB banki for its retail operations in Iceland.

Hamleys was bought in June 2003 by Baugur Group, an investment company in Iceland.

( 2003 ), Glacial Outburst Floods ( Jökulhlaups ) in Iceland, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 – 11 April 2003

Category: 2003 establishments in Iceland

In May 2003, a redemption offer worth 10. 85 Icelandic krónur (£ 0. 09 ) was made by Mundur, for the outstanding stock — Mundur holding company is backed by Gaumur, KB Banki, an Icelandic investment bank ; and two private investors — and in July 2003, Baugur Group was delisted from the Iceland Stock Exchange.

* Sullivan, Paul, Waking Up in Iceland ( Sanctuary Publishing: 2003 ) p. 117

Ólafur earned his first cap for Iceland in a friendly against Mexico on 20 November 2003 as a substitute, replacing Veigar Páll Gunnarsson.

The song was released only in Iceland, and was a hit, reaching Number 1 on the Icelandic Mainstream and Alternative Singles charts, and winning the Icelandic EFFEMM Award for 2003 Song Of The Year, and the EDDA Award for 2003 Video Of The Year.