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50 years ago today: A new island is born

November 14, 2013April 25, 2019 - by Húsavík Observer - Leave a Comment

50 years ago today, a new island was born, off the southern coast of Iceland. The new island was named Surtsey, after Surtr, a fire jötunn or giant from Norse …

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The day Neil Armstrong set his foot on Iceland

August 25, 2012April 25, 2019 - by Örlygur Hnefill - Leave a Comment

In the summer of 1967, a group of American astronauts visited Iceland to study the islands’ geology under the guidance of Icelandic and American geologists. This was the second group …

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