What has brought me back to Gimli, Manitoba every summer since 1961? What has brought me back from Iowa, Missouri, and British Columbia for 51…
Portrait of Sir George S. Mackenzie When reading, Travels in the Island of Iceland by Sir George S. Mackenzie, it is hard to believe that it…
I wonder every fall if my ancestors really understood what they were doing when they left Iceland. Did they know how many trees there…
It was cold. Not a little cold. The kind of cold that if your car breaks down on the highway, fifteen minutes later you’ve become…
I have reached an age where there is not much that I need or want. It makes me a difficult father and grandfather at gift…
In pages 347 to 361 of Wakeful Nights, the biography of Stephan G. Stephansson, there is a description of everything that took place to get…
When I was growing up in Gimli, Manitoba, that is, the capital of New Iceland, Iceland was a distant and storied place. During the war…
Uno von Troil In 1772, Uno Von Troil, joined Joseph Banks in a journey to Iceland. Afterwards, he wrote a series of letters about the expedition.…
The Empty Saddle by S. E. Waller. A friend brings a horse back from battle. The owner is dead. The new widow stands…
Guest article by Ken Kristjanson. In the late fall Lake Winnipeg, like an old duck hunter, gets tired. Slowly the waves…