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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.
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.
The handpicked down sells for thousands of euros (dollars) a kilo, catering to those looking for exclusive products.
Every summer, nearly 400 Icelandic farmers comb through hollow surfaces in the rock, on the sand or in the tall grass to unearth a few handfuls of the grey feathers of this polar duck.
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