Article by Steinar J. Lúðvíksson, author of the books  Þrautagóðir á Raunastund Puzzle Ladies in real time, which appered  in Viðskiptablaðið fishicial reports in 2008. In summary article states the following: "The history of fishing in Iceland tracks the number of disaster. A centuries ago there was little hope of  if storm struck suddenly. Often  dozens of boats sank with all the crew members in short time. This follows from the most destructive and fatal events, and most of all marine accident time in Iceland is a large ship Het Wapen van Amsterdam (Gold ship) stranded at Skeiðarársandur and over two hundred people drowned.

"The picture is taken from Wikipedia and shows Loomnips, taken west of Svínafellsjökli, the Skeiðarársandur.

Ekki var ein báran stök