[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.

[goodnesswins]

You got sunshine this summer? My relatives in Anchorage complained about all the clouds...all summer long....

[MARTIAL MONK]

grow over 2000 lb taters

Them are big taters.

[GOPJ]

If I lived in Iceland, all those hotsprings, I'd have greenhouses with orange trees and tomatoes inside.

I like the way you think...

[kanawa]

“Iceland has abundant energy potential in the form of geothermal energy and hydropower. Energy consumption per capita in Iceland is among the highest in the world.

About 90% of all housing in the country is heated with geothermal energy; the remainder being heated mainly with electricity.

The majority of the country’s electricity (80%) is generated using hydropower; the remainder being based on geothermal power.

Only 20 to 25 % of the technically and environmentally feasible hydropower, and only 20% of the conventional geothermal potential available for electricity production in Iceland, have been harnessed”

http://www.os.is/page/english/

[Travis McGee]

Dang, how do you Alaskans get those 2,000 pound taters out of the ground and up in the truck????

[Osage Orange]

Are pounds the same thing there...as here in the U.S.?

LOL!!!

[fanfan]

How do you store 100 gallon bags of broccoli?

Do you have lots of freezers or does it last in cold storage?