so far we've been in reykjavik.t we're now just about to go out on a three-week expedition around the interior, so we can't wait to get away from the people. >> reporter: we met heasman in the thingvillur national park, another destination on the golden circle route. it's a world heritage site and place of great national importance to icelanders as a legendary meeting pointet throughout the centuries. >> this particular point seems really crowded actually for somewhere that's so special andc so unique. it's actually a bit disappointing to see it full ofl tourists. but then people need to see it, i guess. >> reporter: fishing used to be iceland's most important industry. but it's now been overtaken byn tourism, which accounts for a third of the country's foreign currency earnings. since 2010, there's been between a 25% to 30% increase in the number of visitors each year. and so this year, 2016, looks like being a record season with government agencies predicting 1.8 million arrivals. >> my name is ian sykes. i'm a re

special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from the icelandic capital, reykjavik. >> reporter: outsideland's tiny parliament, pro-refugee supporters outnumber and encircle a group from a new party called the icelandic national front, which objects to recent legislation relaxing rules on immigration. one of their standard bearers: nurse maria magnusdottir. >> we do not want people who are not adapting to our culture, like for example, muslims. i'm not saying all muslims are bad people. but unfortunately, they are not adapting to cultures. so, like, in europe, we can see two cultures in most of those countries. and that is what we are afraid of. >> reporter: one of the cheerleaders on the other side is salman tamimi, a palestinian imam , who stopped off in iceland en route to north america in the 1970s, and never left. >> you see how many supporters are, five, six, ten times more than the other guys. and this is how icelandic society is, really. we have maybe 2% or 3% who are what i call racists and fascists. but the majority is nice people and we are happy for their support that we are

. >> reporter: hildigunnurgu thorsteinsson is the head of research and development at reykjavik energy. how significant is what you areo doing here? >> i think the carbfix project is one part of the solution. i think the problem with climate change and what makes it so difficult is that there is no silver bullet. and so the carbfix project isn't a silver bullet, but it's certainly another weapon in our armory. >> reporter: so how much of the of if you employed this around the world? >> i don't have those numbers, but we do have significant potential in the ocean ridges, in countries like india that could really use thisal technology. >> reporter: only a few places on land--like northern california and southern oregon-- have the right kind of geological composition to make this work. but since basalt is plentiful on the ocean floor, burying c.o.2. off shore just might work for other countries trying to contain the greenhouse gas. to the west of iceland, and slightly closer to the north pole is the jacobshavn glacierle in western greenland, which is a barometer of climate change. during