Nature and Travel | Iceland Monitor | Wed 20 Jan 2016 | 20.42 GMT | Modified 4 Nov 2016 11.39

Horses in fresh winter snow

The Icelandic horse has a thick coat during the winter ...

The Icelandic horse has a thick coat during the winter which it sheds in spring. Many horses spend the winter outside, which they enjoy. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Morgunblaðið photographer RAX, Ragnar Axelsson captured this wonderful photograph of the Icelandic horse in its winter coat, frollicking in the snow. 

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