One is that the people of the Orkney Islands, to the north of Scotland, share some ancestry with Siberians, possibly because some ancestors of modern Orcadians ventured to Asia via the Arctic Circle.
Flat, fertile Orkney isn't renowned for rock climbing but the Old Man is a big exception.
平坦,富饶的奥尼克岛并不因攀岩出名,但是霍伊之父是一个大大的例外。
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The European marine-energy research centre is located in the Orkney Islands, and plenty of research and development work is being done around the country.