Fíorscéal

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10:30 PM to 11:28 PM

Thursday 9 January

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Situated next to the Arctic Circle Iceland is covered in snow during long winters. In contrast, the heat beneath its surface, where two tectonic plates are splitting apart, emerges with relentless volcanic activity. Despite this adverse and extreme nature, an opportunity opens up every summer. Good weather and persistent sunshine are the gift that reindeer, seals and other species that live here. Hundreds of thousands of birds also migrate here during the breeding season, filling the island with a flurry of activity