ABSTRACT
Historical Ecology informs a host of projects ranging from digital model building to restoration and conservation efforts, to field projects all over the globe and shows huge vitality as new generations step forward to embrace and enhance the initial formulation. This chapter offers a perspective on the sustained application of Carole’s longitudinal strategy to the inland lake basin of Myvatn in northern Iceland carried out by the North Atlantic Biocultural Organization research and education cooperative since 1996. The Myvatn basin in north Iceland is 50–80 km from the sea and lies about 280m above sea level. It represents one of the highest continually occupied parts of Iceland and farming has centered on grass and hay production for domestic animal fodder, though limited barley production may have taken place in the Viking Age settlement period. The long-term connection with Iceland and Myvatn thus works on both sides of the Atlantic.
