PHOTO OF THE DAY July 13, 2004  

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Where Iceland
When 1999
Photographer Sisse Brimberg

"True wisdom, said a Viking poet, comes to one who 'has traveled far and knows the ways of the world.' The rich took horses on voyages, even into the afterlife: Horses were often buried with their owners."

—From "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine


Gallery—Rodeos: Riding, Roping, and Reeling
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