The female monasteries that operated in Iceland during medieval times, Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Reynistaðarklaustur, are the largest- longest-operating institutions run by women to ever exist country. names of abbesses—the leaders monasteries, some which led for up half a century—are known from written documents material remains describe abbesses’ diverse tasks obligations while office. In artic...

Primary Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Iceland • This study was undertaken to estimate the incidence of primary subarachnoid hemorrhage among the population of Iceland during the 11-year period from 1958 through 1968. The incidence for the whole country was 8.0/100,000—males 9.1 and females 6.9. The incidence was significantly higher in Reykjavik (the capital) (10.5/100,000) than the area outside R...

Primary Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Iceland • This study was undertaken to estimate the incidence of primary subarachnoid hemorrhage among the population of Iceland during the 11-year period from 1958 through 1968. The incidence for the whole country was 8.0/100,000—males 9.1 and females 6.9. The incidence was significantly higher in Reykjavik (the capital) (10.5/100,000) than the area outside R...

We introduce a simple model for the size distribution of avalanches based on the idea that the front of an avalanche can be described by a directed random walk. The model captures some of the qualitative features of earthquakes, avalanches and other self-organized critical phenomena in one dimension. We find scaling laws relating the frequency, size and width of avalanches and an exponent 4/3 i...

Iceland’s start-up of commercial whaling this summer appears to be having a dramatic effect on the country’s booming ecotourism and whale-watching holidays. One major British tour operator has reported a 25 per cent drop in bookings since the country resumed whaling last month. Iceland’s decision to resume commercial whaling comes at the most sensitive time for international whaling in a genera...