Iceland’s unique contributions to NATO despite lacking traditional armed forces. As a founding member, Iceland’s involvement includes monitoring NATO’s air defenses with its coast guard ...

Iceland is one of NATO's 12 founding members — but it doesn't have an army, an air force or a navy. It contributes one civil ...

This is the dramatic moment the Coast Guard rescued a whale trapped in an anchorage line in Iceland. The crew from the Icelandic Coast Guard vessel Por saved the hapless creature stuck in a rope ...

The Icelandic Coast Guard rescued an entangled whale during a six-hour operation, photos show. Photo from the Icelandic Coast Guard An entangled whale was set free off the coast of Iceland ...

The Coast Guard, while not part of the Defense Department, operates America’s polar icebreakers. ... The Coast Guard works with partners, like Iceland, to bolster what is available.

A volcano erupted on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula for the second time in four months and the ninth in three years, ... The Iceland Coast Guard plans to conduct a flight over the area on Friday night.

A Coast Guard helicopter surveyed the area where the bear was found to look for others but didn't find any, police said. After the shot bear was taken away, the woman who reported it decided to ...