Solitude and doodh patti in Iceland
Zoha Waseem is a doctoral student at King’s College London and a senior editor for the Strife Blog. ZOHA WASEEM — UPDATED JUN 02, 2015 05:18PM According to the big bang theory, the earth is 4.54 billion years old. Iceland, the youngest land mass to emerge out of the Atlantic Ocean floor, formed by volcanic eruptions, is between 16 and 20 million years old. This was not in my knowledge when I boarded the flight from London to Reykjavik. In fact, there was little apart from Iceland’s location on a world map that I knew prior to my departure – except that there are no McDonald’s or Starbucks in the entire country. Iceland’s landscape is dotted by volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, small villages and farms. I arrived at Reykjavik, the smallest big city or a big village depending on how you look at it, to a cold spring and endless daylight. Reykjavik, literally meaning the ‘smoky bay’ or ‘steamy bay’ (named after hot springs located around the city), is the world’s northernmos...
