Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ross Edgley has completed his latest endurance challenge: Over four months, the ultramarathon swimmer has circumnavigated Iceland.

British endurance swimmer Ross Edgley has become the first person to swim around Iceland, after spending nearly four months circumnavigating 1,000 miles (1,609km) of coastline. The 39-year-old from ...

Moonlight dances on the fjord waters; the reflection is so bright it might as well be midday. The wind stings my face as I lower myself into a beachside pool of relief from January’s wrath. The air ...

Many of Iceland’s most treasured cultural institutions were conceived during uncertain times. Take for instance, Reykjavik’s hallowed Hallgrímskirkja church, commissioned during the Great Depression, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ultra-swimmer has said he was inspired by actor Chris Hemsworth’s role as Nordic God Thor to take on a mammoth swim around ...

Swimming in Iceland is not what most visitors think about visiting this northern European Island Country. Cold weather, midnight sun, beautiful ice mountains is more what comes to mind. However, ...

Towering waves, freezing temperatures and even some inquisitive killer whales. Iceland is doing its best to defeat Ross Edgley. Inspired by "Thor", the British extreme athlete is in the middle of a ...

Ross Edgley has completed his latest endurance challenge: over four months, the ultramarathon swimmer has circumnavigated Iceland. Starting in Reykjavík on May 17, Edgley swam clockwise around Iceland ...