[9급 국가직 영어 2008년 7번]

Icelanders are individualists like Americans. The difference seems to be in a sense of community. Iceland, known as the land of “fire and ice,” is about living with opposing forces. It is one of the most active volcanic countries on earth, but has 4,536 square miles of _______ ― heat and cold, co-existing. No surprise then that its society can reconcile another set of opposing forces: individualism and the needs of the community.