Icelandic climate
Located at high latitudes, it belongs to a cold temperate maritime climate.
Influenced by the North Atlantic warm current, it mainly flows from its south, and there is a branch around its west and north. Therefore, although it is located near the Arctic Circle, the temperature in winter is not low, and the temperature in summer is between 7 and 12 degrees Celsius.
Located near the center of low pressure in Iceland, the weather is changeable. Cyclones bring abundant precipitation to Iceland, with the average annual precipitation in the southwest and west ranging from 1000 to 2000mm, and less in the north and northeast, ranging from 400mm to 600mm. No matter what season, it is possible to rain and snow.
Iceland is an ideal place for most adventure lovers. Now the number of explorers from the United States is twice that of 10 years ago. In 2003, the total number reached 300,000-more than twice the total population of this country. The most convincing is the local Icelandic adventure equipment travel company Foga Rabac, which finds new adventure routes at an amazing speed every year. For example, some green swamps and tundra areas in the Olafi desert, the hot Alaska crater in spring and the Westmanna Islands, where a large number of birds are known for their kindness. Near the southern coast where Iceland's residents are concentrated in large numbers, 80% of volcanic islands are mixed with glaciers, lakes and cave lava, and overgrown with weeds, it seems that it will never be possible to go out.
Major city
The main cities in Iceland are Reykjavik, Kireri, Hafnavyodor, Kevlavik and Copavour.
National history
Before Scandinavians and Celts immigrated to Iceland in the 9th and10th centuries, Iceland was the last big uninhabited island in the world. Iceland established the world's earliest parliament in 930 AD (Icelandic: Al? Ingi), although this parliament did not run for long. Some written evidence shows that Irish monks once lived in Iceland before the arrival of northerners, but there is no archaeological evidence to prove this inference.
Iceland remained independent for 300 years and was later ruled by Norway and Denmark. 18 14 Iceland was a colony of the king of Norway before the partition of Denmark and the United Kingdom of Norway according to the treaty of Kiel, and later became a dependency of Denmark. In 1874, the Danish government granted Iceland limited autonomy, and in 19 18, Iceland further gained independence and sovereignty similar to that of a protectorate in internal affairs, while Denmark still retained its power in foreign affairs and national defense. 1940, Nazi Germany occupied Denmark during World War II, and the allied forces occupied Iceland in the same year. The Danish king continued to rule legally until 1944 when Iceland was founded.
The new Republic of China is a member of NATO and signed an agreement with the United States to defend Iceland in 1949. According to this agreement, the United States set up a military base in Keflavík until the unilateral withdrawal of American troops at the end of September 2006. So far, Iceland does not have its own army.
In the decades after the war, Iceland's economy relied on fishing, and there were several conflicts with neighboring countries because of this biological resource, including the famous "Cod War" with Britain. In recent years, due to a large amount of investment in heavy industry, the economy has gradually diversified, aluminum smelting has developed, and the economic field has been continuously liberalized and privatized. Iceland became a member of the European Economic Area through the EEA, but never applied to join the European Union.
On May 12, 2007, parliamentary elections were held. Of the 63 seats, the Independent Party won 24 seats, the Social Democratic Union won 18 seats, the left-wing green movement won 9 seats, the Progressive Party won 8 seats, and the Icelandic Liberal Party won 4 seats.
At the end of the 8th century, Irish monks first moved to Iceland.
In the second half of the 9th century, Norway began to immigrate to Iceland. In 930 AD, Parliament and Iceland Federation were established.
1262, Iceland and Norway signed an agreement, and the Icelandic minister belongs to Norway. 1380 Ice and Norway were both under Danish rule.
1904 was granted internal autonomy. 19 18, Iceland signed a federal law, which stipulated that Iceland was a sovereign country, but foreign affairs were still controlled by Denmark.
1940 Denmark was occupied by Germany, and the relationship between Iceland and Denmark was interrupted. In the same year, the British army entered, and the following year, the American army replaced the British army in the ice.
1June, 944 16, the ice parliament officially announced the dissolution of the Iceland-Denmark alliance, and 17, the Republic of Iceland was established.
1946 Joined the United Nations.
1949 became a member of NATO.
Iceland's economy mainly depends on marine fisheries. Fishing provides 60% of Iceland's export earnings and employs 8% of the working population.
In 2005, the increase of household final consumption 1 1.9% and the increase of fixed assets composition of 34.5% were the main reasons for the growth of gross domestic product (GDP). The 28.4% increase in imports led to a current account trade deficit of162 billion kronor (US$ 2.43 billion), accounting for 16.3% of GDP, which seriously affected GDP growth.
In 2006, Iceland's GDP was1141700 million kronor (18 1 100 million US dollars), with an annual growth rate of 2.6% and per capita GDP exceeding 60,000 US dollars, reaching 60,370 US dollars. Compared with the annual growth of 7.5% in 2005, it has dropped significantly. In 2005, the growth rate of gross national income (GNI) exceeded 6.7%, mainly due to the improvement of trade and the reduction of net expenditure on basic income. Iceland became the first bankrupt country in the world because of the financial tsunami.