Tag: Heimaey
Życie na Surtsey kończy 60 lat
Kormorany i motyle są najnowszymi mieszkańcami wyspy Surtsey. Niezwykle liczna grupa naukowców odwiedziła niedawno wyspę, która w tym roku skończy 60 lat. Podobnie jak podczas poprzednich wypraw, biosfera nie przestaje zaskakiwać naukowców. W listopadzie minie 60 lat od podwodnej erupcji, która rozpoczęła się około 20 kilometrów na południowy zachód od Heimaey. W pierwszych dniach erupcji…
50 years since the Heimaey eruption
The history of great events is worth remembering and drawing as many conclusions as possible from them. Such a case is the volcanic eruption on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, which began half a century ago, on the night of January 23, 1973. It’s still amazing that no one died then. The…
Huge interest in tickets to Þjóðhátíð
The website Dalurinn.is, where tickets for Þjóðhátíð are sold, stopped working shortly after 9.00 a.m. The sale of passes began at this time. The site was restarted within an hour. Jónas Guðbjörn Jónsson, vice-chairman of the festival’s organizing committee admits that the interest in tickets was so great that the website simply could not bear…
From Iceland – A thousand people take part in this puffin race this year
Thousands of people have applied to take part in the Puffin Run in May, a 20 km race around Heimaey. Run loops around Heimaey, the largest in the Westman Islands. It occurs mainly in wild areas close to the sea. Record number of runners despite pandemic. In 2019, only 100 people took part in the…