The indomitable Icelandic horse on home ground – what a magnificent creature. These scenes were collected over several years.

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The earlier instalment offered a glimpse of Jökulgil in its autumn finery. But this extraordinary landscape refuses to be confined to a season, or indeed to any single encounter. Here are a few more of its many facets.

The posts in this series are collected here.

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Winter in the far north of Iceland is a season of long darkness, brief daylight and deep silence. Snow blankets the vast, open landscapes, the roads are deserted, and the scattered settlements seem very far apart.

The photographs below are followed by a video assembled from footage gathered over several winters in northern Iceland, set to a song by Mukesh. His plaintive timbre echoes the melancholy and loneliness of the landscape without melodrama.

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Every autumn, following their descent from the highlands, Iceland‘s free-ranging sheep are brought into communal pens known as réttir. The local community gathers and, amid much bustle, farmers and their families separate the animals according to ownership and prepare them for their return to their respective farms.

This is the second of two instalments documenting an ancient Icelandic tradition. The first part Smölun: Sheep Roundup is here.

The short video accompanying this photo essay is set to Mamaya, sung by the remarkable Malian griot Amy Koita.

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Every autumn, sheep that have roamed freely across Iceland‘s highlands during the summer are gathered and driven down to the lowlands. This annual undertaking, known as smölun, remains an integral part of Icelandic rural life.

This is the first of two instalments. The second, to follow in a few days, will cover réttir, the sorting of the flocks.

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