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This is a business that couldn't stay afloat without substantial subsidies from governments of roughly a dozen high-seas fishing nations - including Japan, South Korea, Russia, Iceland, Spain, France and the Ukraine - according to new research conducted by the University of British Columbia's Fisheries Centre. The subsidies defray substantial fuel costs - trawlers need a lot of power to move nets that weigh 15 tons and stretch a mile deep - keeping these boats working around the clock for weeks and months, mining the deep sea (it takes about four hours to fish...
Because different countries are different. I would not fear an Iceland with nuclear weapons any more than I fear a Britain with nuclear weapons. I do fear Iran or North Korea with nuclear weapons...
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Estimated age, in years, of a quahog clam found off the coast of Iceland. It is the longest-lived animal on record, breaking the record previously held by a 374-year-old clam...
...Sigur Rós took a break from blowing minds around the world and went home to Iceland. “It just seemed like something we had to do,” says bassist Georg Hólm in the new film “Heima,” explaining the band’s motivation for a free concert tour spanning the island nation. “Heima,” which is Icelandic for “at home,” chronicles Sigur Rós’s journey through small towns as they spread...