Every year Icelandic sheep farmers have to round up the free roaming sheep flocks which have spent the summer in the mountains, heaths and the Central Highlands eating wild grasses. The annual sheep round-up is steeped in local customs, as it is one of the centres of life of farmers, a time when people get together not only to share in the demanding work, but also to share stories in the cramped herding sheds in the highlands for a whole week.
Read more: Amazing photographs of sheep being herded through snow covered no-man’s lands in North Iceland
The farmers organize themselves into units which search specific areas, each group being led by a Mountain King, which is also the name of a new Icelandic documentary made by Guðmundur Bergkvist about the sheep round-up in the Central Highlands. Judging by the trailer below the work is hard, but the scenery is just spectacular, leading us at Iceland Insider to question our career choices: Chasing sheep in the Icelandic highlands might just be the dream job!
Read more: Video offers a glimpse into the life of a young woman who's a sheep farmer in South Iceland
One of the farmers we see several times in the trailer, young blonde woman, is Heiða Guðný Ásgeirsdóttir's farm Ljótarstaðir in South Iceland, close to the feared volcano Katla. Earlier this month we shared a second film of her at her farm, sharing her observations about sheep shearing.
Every year Icelandic sheep farmers have to round up the free roaming sheep flocks which have spent the summer in the mountains, heaths and the Central Highlands eating wild grasses. The annual sheep round-up is steeped in local customs, as it is one of the centres of life of farmers, a time when people get together not only to share in the demanding work, but also to share stories in the cramped herding sheds in the highlands for a whole week.
Read more: Amazing photographs of sheep being herded through snow covered no-man’s lands in North Iceland
The farmers organize themselves into units which search specific areas, each group being led by a Mountain King, which is also the name of a new Icelandic documentary made by Guðmundur Bergkvist about the sheep round-up in the Central Highlands. Judging by the trailer below the work is hard, but the scenery is just spectacular, leading us at Iceland Insider to question our career choices: Chasing sheep in the Icelandic highlands might just be the dream job!
Read more: Video offers a glimpse into the life of a young woman who's a sheep farmer in South Iceland
One of the farmers we see several times in the trailer, young blonde woman, is Heiða Guðný Ásgeirsdóttir's farm Ljótarstaðir in South Iceland, close to the feared volcano Katla. Earlier this month we shared a second film of her at her farm, sharing her observations about sheep shearing.
