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An insatiable forgetfulness

Author Atli Harðarsson

Fuglinn sem gat ekki flogið Dictionaries a judge at the EuropeanGeirfuglinn (Pinguinus impennis) has been shrouded by a cloud of remorse in Icelandic natural history. It is propably not the only animal to become extinct in Iceland but by far the most famous. It could not fly so it was one of those animals in human history that was an easy target for hunters. There is a tale alive to this day however when the last Geirfugl was caught and slaughtered. Here, anthropologist Gsli Plsson author of the award winning book