Big country, tiny population. Land inhabitable
Harvesting seas
Harnessing wilderness power
phisical isolation protected people, unique homogenous culture
pure language, viking root
one of the least populated countries, wildest
geological hotspot, vilatile geological features, tectonic plate boundry midlatlantic ridge, tectonic boundry that splits iceland in half.
VOLATILITY
april 2010 erruption, Europe to a standstill
aviation authorities cancelled flights
1100 years ihabitation
the ash creates new soil
200 years ago, cataclismic explosion
1783, biggest volcanic events, ash clouds spread far
most icelanders are forced to live on the edge
teykjavik 40percent of population
only 4h of sunlight in winter
roundaclock daylight in summer
cornerstone of weath trading hub
fish-icelands superfood
most lucrative export
ine ressource that enablefd icelanders to survive
over 1000 years ago the vikings arrived
early islanders depended on fish
less than 1percent cultivated for crops
maritime college, fishing studies
North atlantic waters are plentiful but wild, turbulent weather systems, storms, swirls,
1991 - vibrant export capital reykjavik
technology encouraged free flow of money
economy boomed- good life, rochest nations in the world for a while
banks encouredged people to fish, iceland hooked on credit
2008 - world economy plummet
banks morgaged iceland, government bailout
kitchen revolution - protest
icelanders demanded return to traditional values
fishing - once again economic lifeline
fishing consultancy company, advice for fishing worldwide
prosperous economy again
self-sufficiency, endurence.
melting
land of snow and ice, glciars are melting
lagoon left by shrinking ice
natural energy
almost all homes are heated by geothermal energy
glaciar rivers-commergial groeth, potential to generate natural energy
2003 - aluminium factory- main source of income for iceland
raw material is trasported on water
950 degrees to melt aluminium, using natural energy to do that (loads of it)
2000 workforce from local area
subterranean power house 75 tunnels, tubines water, two graciers damped to create energy and create power, masisve engineering operation
parts of the island are yet to be named
husavik, gentle giants
government sanctioned the return of whales
whaling is legal.
commercial hunts geretae a fith of the income from whale watching
eco-turism - fastest growing industry in iceland
turists stay away in winter because of short amount of daylighyt
population of rv doubled in the last 5 years.
technology-closer global community