Arctic Region News

U.S. negotiator Lee C. Buchheit, who led Iceland's last Icesave negotiation in 2010, met with Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson last week to discuss Iceland's planned talks with creditors of the banks, according to FrA©ttablaA iA 's sources.

A prominent Greenlandic politician has decided to resign from Greenland's parliament to head the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Greenland.

For something a little quieter, consider Lonely Planet's latest list of top European destinations that offer cafe culture, history and outdoor adventures outside of Europe's most popular cities.

Today, June 17, is Iceland's Independence Day, the day when the national character is embraced despite the chance of foul weather.

Far north of the Arctic Circle, emerging explorer JA rn Hurum coaxes the secrets of evolution from a rocky polar desert with a treasure trove of fossils, including sea monsters of the Jurassic era .

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Opposite the dog cages/eider duck colony , the Adventdalselva river flows into the fjord.

Today, June 17, is Iceland's Independence Day, the day when the national character is embraced despite the chance of foul weather.

Whalers cut open a 35-tonne fin whale on the western coast of Iceland in 2009, before a two-year moratorium came into being.

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani sent today a cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of Iceland on the occasion of his country's National Day.

Yesterday FrA©ttabladid revealed that the President's wife, Dorrit Moussaieff, has moved her legal residence to Great Britain.

The town of Akureyri in Northeast Iceland, of approximately 18.000 residents, has plenty of festivities to offer to visitors and locals celebrating Iceland's National Day, June 17. more Watch an audio slideshow about one of the most famous Icelandic turf farms, LaufA s in EyjafjA rdur, Northeast Iceland.

Watch an audio slideshow about one of the most famous Icelandic turf farms, LaufA s in EyjafjA rdur, Northeast Iceland.

Maria Damanaki, the European Commissioner for Maritime Affaires and Fisheries, is threatening economic sanctions against Iceland if an agreement in the mackerel dispute is not reached within few weeks.

Tour operator Viking Tours purchased a passenger ship to commence transportation from Vestmannaeyjar to the LandeyjarhA fn port this summer.

After the ptarmigan love story , in the morning of 3 June 2013, we walked down again to Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard.

In the month of June, the sun has barely made an appearance in the capital city of ReykjavA k.

This is a photo of a, male, rock ptarmigan. Still in winter plumage, even in early June.

Watch an audio slideshow about one of the most famous Icelandic turf farms, LaufA s in EyjafjA rdur, Northeast Iceland.

In 1906, John Munroe Longyear from the USA, after buying Norwegian mining claims, founded the mining company town Longyear City .