An early start to the isolated village of Hali – where there’s more sheep than people ... The history of Iceland is written in the tephra layers of its landscape, and The Volcanic Way ...

They were telling me the story of Iceland’s landscape, and if you counted the ... Trees were felled for charcoal until the 19th century. Sheep Settlers brought cattle and pigs too, but then ...

Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is a dynamic landscape of volcanos ... or lamb fillet (sheep thrive in the Icelandic climate) with potatoes, parsnip and swede. Moss is The Retreat's Michelin ...

What followed was centuries of overgrazing by sheep. Consequently, Iceland was mostly a treeless landscape soon after humans arrived, and wood for early settlers became a prized commodity ...

What followed was centuries of overgrazing by sheep. Consequently, Iceland was mostly a treeless landscape soon after humans arrived, and wood for early settlers became a prized commodity ...