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...through magnificent canyons in a starkly beautiful volcanic landscape. The men are working on the Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project: a vast network of dams, reservoirs, tunnels, power stations and high-tension lines to support a new aluminum-smelting plant for the U.S. multinational Alcoa on a fjord some 70 km to the east. At a total projected cost of $2.2 billion for the smelter and its hydropower system, it's the biggest construction project in Iceland's history - and it's taking shape in one of Europe's last remaining large wilderness areas. Little wonder that...
DIED. KEIKO, 27, the killer whale who starred in three Free Willy movies; of pneumonia; in the Taknes fjord, Norway. Keiko spent several years in captivity in Iceland after efforts to return him to the wild failed. He was released in 2002 but swam for the Norwegian coast, apparently seeking the company of humans...
...Alaska and Quebec's Laval University announced that the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf - the largest in the Arctic - has broken up. The researchers said this was proof the process of climate change is accelerating in the Arctic. The ice shelf used to dam the mouth of the Disraeli Fjord, creating a large freshwater lake that has now drained away, wiping out a rare microbial ecosystem...
After boot camp, most people are sent to the isolated and frozen north. (“It’s pretty not-so-fun up there,” Klokk says.) About 150 lucky young men, including Klokk, were stationed on an island in the Oslo Fjord in the south of the country. As a member of Norway’s national rowing team, Klokk became part of a special service for athletes within the infantry, along with three other rowers. These “special” young men participated in the usual military drills and night shifts...
...more difficult for operators to adopt more expensive, eco-friendly methods. About 75% of salmon-farming firms are relatively small and privately held and don't make their finances public. The large, publicly held companies in the business--including Dutch food producer Nutreco Holdings NV and Norwegian seafood giants Fjord Seafood ASA, Stolt Sea Farm and Pan Fish ASA--are feeling the pinch. Pan Fish recently reported a quarterly operating loss of $18.5 million...