[NewEnglander]

They can always eat seal, whale meat and fish. No !!

[Zevonismymuse]

They can always eat seal, whale meat and fish. No !!

Necessity is the mother of invention.

[Eska]

You'd be surprised how selfsufficient people in Iceland might be. When you live in the north, near the ocean; you take advantage of seasonal fishing & hunting; partly because the ocean is such a rich food source and partly because shipping costs have forced you to do this for generations; you have the technology to survive.

I live within 100 miles of arctic circle, grow over 2000 lb taters, 800 lb carotts, all the cabbage, beets, beans we can eat; and wifey put up over 100 gallon bags of brocculli this past summer; living like kings. Got all the salmon, burbot, caribou, and moose we can eat for 2 years in the freezer too.

I think I would be more worried about the social caliber of people where I live than the availability of food? If I lived in Iceland, all those hotsprings, I'd have greenhouses with orange trees and tomatoes inside.