Icelanders might be a peaceful people, but their homeland is a place of geological violence.
This is the gait that Icelanders say makes their horses so comfortable to ride for long distances.
Cut off from the rest of the world, the Icelanders have maintained an extraordinary continuity with their ancestors.
Still, in the view of many Icelanders, continued isolation may be the better option.
DeCode has used the money to assemble a genealogy database of 600, 000 Icelanders dating back to the year 900.
Many Icelanders have become frustrated with the outgoing Social Democrat government, saying that its austerity policies were too painful.
Icelanders look as much to the United States and Britain as they do to their fellow Nordics.
Icelanders claim that charging 5.5% interest over 15 years is extortionate in an era of near-zero base rates.
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But at the time, I recall, it seemed to be the Icelanders who had the better of it.
Crimes in Iceland - when they occur - usually do not involve firearms, though Icelanders own plenty of guns.
DeCode has exclusive rights to the Icelandic genome, and to the detailed genealogical records that many Icelanders have kept.
And he is pressing Icelanders to shift from reliance on natural resources, including maritime ones, to a knowledge-based economy.
Another hot political debate is over the continuing drift of rural Icelanders, especially the young and educated, to Reykjavik.
Icelanders put this conservative streak down to a strong work ethic: men and women do not retire until 70.
Icelanders seem, both now and in the past, to be encouragingly faithful partners.
In the dire circumstances the Icelanders found themselves in, it is not yet obvious that they made the wrong choice.
Icelanders are also keen to co-operate with Russia, Canada, and Norway in the Barents Sea and in the Arctic region.
Icelanders have learned those lessons the hard way, and they have built up a world-class geothermal energy business in the process.
Arnolds is touring Europe in support of Variations of Static, and will later open for his fellow Icelanders in Sigur Ros.
Although opinion polls have shown general support for whaling among Icelanders, some shun the meat because of the giant creatures' still-limited numbers.
Icelanders thought their institutions too small and fragile for the free market.
Unable to land government grants for his proposal to study Icelanders' genetics, Stefansson left Harvard and founded DeCode Genetics in Reykjavik in 1996.
Vikings settled this chunk of volcanic rock in the Atlantic in the year 874, and the Icelanders have lived in comparative isolation ever since.
Sitting in an onsen breaks down barriers with the Japanese (nakedness is the norm), while Icelanders love to socialise in their volcanic steam baths.
On the plus side, the incidence of marriage rose. (Ms Asgeirsdottir herself wed her long-term partner: for love, she stresses.) Icelanders worked fewer hours.
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Iceland has asked to join the EU. Polls suggest that most Icelanders oppose this, fearing, among other things, the invasion of EU fishing fleets.
Turns out the Icelanders felt the same the resentment and said so today when they voted down a deal to repay the British and Dutch.
Vikings settled this chunk of volcanic rock in the North Atlantic in the year 874, and the Icelanders have lived in comparative isolation ever since.
We talked with native Icelanders, experienced the art, culture, and music scene in Reykjavik, and engaged in diverse outdoor activities, from caving to sea kayaking.
The power company's information manager, Thorsteinn Hilmarsson, admitted that he could not see how Icelanders would fill the 500 or so jobs at the smelter.
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