Vote today for your favorite photo in this Iceland Naturally contest, and you may, if you vote for the Icelandic sheep, help reverse a dangerous trend toward isolationism in online media coverage.

We at The SunBreak have to find non-traditional ways of bringing you foreign coverage because online magazines bring in, we discover, about 90 percent less revenue than regular print magazines, themselves worth either a box or a box-and-a-half of crackers, depending on whether they’re flavored with rosemary or cracked pepper.

Now, I have already done most of the work for you people. I got myself into the finals, riding the coattails of this magnificent Icelandic sheep. All you have to do is vote for the sheep (Let’s do call him Halldor) every single day until September 13. Then, presuming success, I’ll be off to Reykjavik, camera in hand, ready to offer you a remote-touring experience the likes of which few online magazine audiences have seen.

If possible, I will add to the start I’ve gotten documenting Icelandic sheep and (my little) ponies, but keep in mind this is a trip to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves, the music festival. I’ve prepared by reading a number of Icelandic sagas, and the works of Halldor Laxness, which often feature sheep and sheep farmers. Also, I have a pair of socks with a puffin on them. The rest I leave in god’s–and your–hands. Vote sheep.