News from the Edge of the Arctic
Jökull Gunnarsson, who took over as CEO of the Bakki plant last fall, has announced that he will step down for personal reasons as CEO of PCC BakkiSilicon next month. …
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Taking place over the course of one evening in a typical English pub, Jim Cartwright’s play Two features fourteen diverse characters played by seven local actors, as various members of …
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Plans to build a new 60-room nursing home in Húsavík have been announced. The project is a joint effort of the Icelandic government and four municipalities in the Northeastern region …
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Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, has announced that it will finish the construction of Þeistareykir road, connecting Húsavík and Lake Mývatn. The power company started the building of …
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Workers have been busy for the last 24 hours to finish work on the new tunnel connecting Húsavík and Akureyr, that are now open to traffic. The tunnel is open …
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Mexican photographer and biologist Cristina Mittermeier, who was to accept the Leif Erikson Exploration History Award from The Exploration Museum at the Explorers Festival last month, has issued a press …
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The Exploration Museum in Húsavík has awarded three scientists and explorers with the Leif Erikson award. The awards were presented this weekend at the 2018 Explorers Festival. British volcanologist Clive …
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On an unseasonably mild December 2, the the children of Húsavík participated in the annual Christmas Tree Lighting. With the beautiful old houses Sel and Árból as the backdrop, spectators …
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Húsavík women’s choir will sing in the Reykjahlíð church at at Lake Mývatn today. The concert starts at 5 pm. On the program will be Christmas songs from all over …
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“No milk today, my love has gone away” sang the Herman’s Hermits back in 1967, and that is true today as well, at least here in Húsavík. Due to road …
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