We have been waiting for it, and Mother Earth did not let us down: a new spectacular eruption has started! Magmatic activity at our doorstep On March 19th, after weeks of what appeared to be a never-ending seismic swarm to residents on south-west Iceland, the tremors...
Iceland‘s last eruption: Bárðarbunga 2014. Photo: Icelandic Met Office Iceland is likely to do justice to its name again: a volcanic eruption is imminent at the so-called “Land of Fire and Ice”. Home of the biggest glaciers in Europe and thousands of...
Aurora Activity Roundup – September 2020 By Chris Ayliffe, Traveo Source: FrozenBritAbroad In Iceland, September is usually the real start of the Northern Lights season. Though we often get some glimpses accompanying the growing darkness towards the end of...
By Chris Ayliffe Photo credit: Rocky Raybell As is the case with astronomy, there are constantly new discoveries and observations that lead to new and exciting theories and hypotheses. Particularly, with the Northern Lights, science has propelled our understanding of...
By Chris Ayliffe As Iceland sits in a sweet spot within the Aurora belt, travellers frequently get the pleasure of witnessing one of nature’s greatest phenomenons when visiting our shores during the winter season (September – April). However, as with all great...
