Iceland, home to world’s most expensive feather treasure
By AFP
01 August 2021 |
6:43 am
On a remote island in Breidafjordur Bay off the west coast of Iceland, a thousand-year-old harvest takes place -- the hunt for elusive eiderdown, used to make some of the world's best duvets and quilts.
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