Monthly Archives: March 2018

Geo-Engineers in Iceland

Iceland is famous for its green technology, especially its geo-thermal heating and power generation, not to mention its tunnelling technology for road construction. Hats off! What’s more, some of its tunnelling technology is also adaptable to tunnelling in water. We can all learn a lot from its geo-engineers. Here’s a couple having a well-earned break.

Tunnelling Puffins Coming Up for Air in Borgárfjörður Eystri.

 

The Tricks of the Sheep Fold

In Iceland, yo put your sheep into a fold at night, not to protect them from animal predators — there are only tiny foxes.

No, the predator is the tide. That darned sea lunges. Best to fold them up into the earth. Literally.

I mean, you make such a fold by trench sod, obviously, but when the grass grows back over it it can’t hide its shape: fold, indeed.

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