In a rare encounter, a polar bear was spotted near a remote cottage in Iceland-a sighting that quickly turned dangerous.

The Hornstrandir peninsula is part of the Westfjords — a mountainous part of Iceland that covers an area larger than Slovenia, but which has a population of just 7,000. The Westfjords’ first ...

First there’s a shrill, high-pitched shriek. Then a flurry of white and grey wings as the Arctic tern dive bombs. I squeal ...

The Arctic Digital Nomads Grant seeks to attract keen travelers and new residents to remote areas of Iceland, Norway, and the ...

Located in Iceland's remote Westfjords, Dynjandi is also known as the Jewel of the Westfjord, and it's the largest waterfall in the region. Another name for the falls is Fjallfoss. Dynjandi sits ...

One benefit of heading to Iceland on the hunt for the aurora is ... to the sea or the Reynisdrangar Pillars. The Westfjords region is one of the least populated in the country, and with that ...

Iceland is a familiar name on the high street but could have been called something else (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) For eight years now Iceland Foods has been in an ongoing trademark ...

Iceland's three-party coalition government collapsed Sunday over disagreements on policy issues, Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said, with new elections to be held in November. Benediktsson ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Surrounded by the brooding, flat-topped mountains of Iceland’s Westfjords, there’s something a bit Hitchcock-esque about Vigur island. But the ...