Adopt an Icelander

“My first view of Iceland, through my porthole, was of a group of isolated, whitewashed buildings, hunkered down against the wind and rain, on a hill overlooking Reykjavik harbor. All of the romance of the Viking sagas, Leif Ericson, ruthless and determined to build a settlement on this inhospitable volcanic island was, for me, represented in these humble, strong and starkly beautiful buildings.”

“Now, Iceland is facing national bankruptcy. I am confident that a country that can raise animals on a glacier and subsist on fermented shark will recover. Icelanders will hunker down against this economic tempest, and that same Viking ingenuity and tenacity that settled this country will see them through; the same way it has for 1,000 years.”