Erla Friðriksdóttir: The eiderdown is a natural product, and when the eider duck leaves the nest, they leave the down, and so if we would not take the down, it would just blow away and be useless.

farming and the harvesting of eider down (the down of the eider duck) in an extremely exposed seascape. The property covers a cultural landscape of 107,294 ha, of which 6,881 ha is land. Fishermen and ...