Images of Iceland

IUPUI Glendale Campus - Room 5

April 20, 2004

10 a.m.

Carl and Mary Lou Rothe (Carl--formerly IU School of Medicine) visited Iceland the summer of 2003 and at this session presented a series of images and answered questions.

Iceland – a land of wonder. Iceland is not mostly ice. With the Atlantic Gulf Stream flowing by, this island, just south of the Artic Circle, has a surprisingly mild climate in summer. With a population of only 280,000 in a country the size of Kentucky, it has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, but has virtually no coal, oil or mineral deposits. Interesting!

This country, founded by the Vikings over a thousand years ago, has had a federated government since year 900. Waterfalls, geysers, geothermal flows, glaciers and active volcanoes abound. Reykjavik, with a population of about 100,000, is a dynamic modern city.