Where is Felicity right now...?

Down with the eiders...

In this month’s Geographical Magazine I was thrilled to see my feature appear about our experiences during our first year at Vigur in the Westfjords (NW Iceland) learning the skills, history and realities of the traditional Icelandic practice of collecting eiderdown from wild eider ducks. It is a wonderfully symbiotic relationship between man and nature for mutual benefit that is almost unique to Iceland and has become part of the cultural fabric.

We continue to have plenty of challenging experiences on Vigur as we prepare for our second season of collecting eiderdown and I look forward to writing more about it !

Here is the link to the article:

https://geographical.co.uk/people/explorers/item/3996-how-polar-explorer-felicity-aston-moved-to-iceland-to-farm-eider-down

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