The Animal Research Institute (ARI), Brisbane, represents the largest group of animal scientists in the Department of Primary Industries, with specialists in the areas of microbiology, virology, biochemistry, parasitology, pathology, biometry, animal production and genetics.ARI contributes to all of the State’s animal production systems through health monitoring and research on diseases, improving nutrition and animal […]
The mountain Esja (914 m) often called Esjan (“the Esja”) is situated in the southwest of Iceland, about 10 km to the north of Iceland’s capital city Reykjavík. Esja is not a single mountain, but a volcanic mountain range, made from basalt and tuff-stone. As you can imagine the view from the top is very […]
The small peninsula, or promontory, Dyrhólaey (120 m) (formerly known as Cape Portland by English seamen) is located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from Vík í Mýrdal. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the Icelandic word eyja meaning island. The view from up there is […]
Hvannadalshnúkur or Hvannadalshnjúkur is a peak in the northwestern rim of the Öræfajökull volcano in Iceland, and the highest point of the island. An official measurement completed in August 2005 established its height as 2,109.6 metres (previously set as 2,119 m).The peak is part of the Skaftafell National Park. The route to the top is […]
Jökulsárlón is the largest glacier lagoon or lake in Iceland.Situated in south eastern Iceland, at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier branching from the Vatnajökull, between Skaftafell National Park and Höfn, it evolved into a lagoon after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at […]
Ulrik, Unnur, Markús, Björg and JöriWhen we drove up to Jöklasel and the snowy glacier Vatnajökull we had no breathtaking views of deep vallyes, high mountains and of course, the great Vatnajökull itself. Fog and haze prevented all of that until we arrived at Jöklasel – the trip on Vatnajökull activated the adrenalin pump and […]
Höfn or Höfn í Hornafirði is an Icelandic fishing town in the southeastern part of the country. As of 2009, the population was 2,200. Höfn harbour is surrounded on three sides by the sea, with beaches on the long shoreline on the southeast. Sand bars and glacial rivers traverse this area with many shifting lagoons […]
Djúpivogur is a small town located on a peninsula in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður. The town has an approximate population of 400 people. Fishing has been the primary engine for Djúpivogur’s economy for centuries. In recent times, the tourism industry has blossomed and a hotel, restaurants, cafés, […]
Seyðisfjörður is a village in the Eastfjords of Iceland, at the end of the fjord of the same name. A road over Fjarðarheiði mountain pass connects Seyðisfjörður to the rest of Iceland; 27 km from the ring road and Egilsstaðir.Seyðisfjörður is surrounded by mountains on all sides with most prominent Mt. Bjólfur to the West […]
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project is a hydroelectricity plant in eastern Iceland designed to produce 4,600 GWh annually for Alcoa’s Fjardaál aluminum smelter 75 km to the east in Reyðarfjörður. The project, named after nearby Mount Kárahnjúkur, involves damming the Jökulsá á Dal River and the Jökulsá í Fljótsdal River with five dams, creating three reservoirs. Water […]