bits and pieces from the northern island.
The following statement was issued earlier today by the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) on the main site, in relation to news concerning a possible upcoming eruption of the volcano of Bárðarbunga that were released by several media sources worldwide and that have been causing alarmed reactions in the course of the past hours. “Presently, there … Read the full article →
There might be risk of a new eruption, this time in the area of Vatnajökull, the largest of Iceland’s glaciers. Vatnajökull, located in the south-east of the country, lies along fault lines. In the past days notable seismic activity was observed by geophysicists from the University of Iceland in the north-west of the glacier, where … Read the full article →
Iceland is often described, especially on travel package brochures, as the land of ice and fire. This is a decent description, but actually, as soon as you set foot on the island, you understand that this is a land where earth, wind, water, and fire are in constant fight against each other. Traveling through Iceland … Read the full article →
Today was a beautiful, sunny day in Iceland. Tourists stranded here by the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud and Icelanders were happily strolling the streets of Reykjavík. Others took their car, or rented one, to get as close as possible to the volcano, as we did yesterday (check our photos here). Traffic on IcelandChronicles.com was high, with … Read the full article →
After it was announced in the past hours that the Fimmvörduháls eruption might have ended, today a new column of smoke was seen in a different area, further to the West and under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The volcanologist Haraldur Sigurdsson said that it is likely that the main crater at Eyjafjallajökull, the one responsible for … Read the full article →
After all the time spent retrieving information about the volcanic eruption at Fimmvörðuháls, last week we decided we wanted to take a look at what was going on personally, before volcanic activity subsided and before the expected nightmarish climax of Easter holidays’ crowds. We knew Reykjavik Excursions organized tours for the event, so we booked … Read the full article →
Here is the exact location of the eruption at Eyjafjallajökull, in the Fimmvörduháls path; data from the Icelandic Meteorogical Office. Map created by us through Google Maps. UPDATE: map of the second eruption, which started in April 14, 2010 now available here. View IcelandChronicles.com: Fimmvörduháls Eruption in a larger map. In the larger map, if … Read the full article →
While the eruption in Fimmvörduháls is still of relatively small size in comparison to recent eruptions in Iceland (there is about one eruption every three years in the country), there is big uncertainty about possible future developments. The Icelandic Meteorological Institute reported an increase in the activity, with lava flowing in the Hvannárgil canyon (source). … Read the full article →