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83-42 was a rocky ice floe in the Arctic Ocean.It is also sometimes referred to as Eklipse 0, [1] or Schmitt’s Island, after its discoverer, Dennis Schmitt. [2] [3] It measures 35 by 15 metres (115 by 49 ft) and 4 metres (13 ft) in height, and lies 699.8 kilometres (434.8 mi) from the North Pole. [4]
Nature put on quite the show in Iceland this week.. A time-lapse video captured the northern lights above orange clouds of smoke billowing from an erupting volcano in the southwest part of the ...
Lake North Pole, also known as The North Pool, is a small, shallow pond near the North Pole, and is currently the northernmost pond in the world. It came into existence in 2002, occurring each year, then freezing over in the winter.
There are no permanent civilian settlements north of 79° N, the furthest north (78.55° N) being Ny-Ålesund, a permanent settlement of about 30 (in the winter) to 130 (in the summer) people on the Norwegian island of Svalbard. Just below this settlement at 78.12° N is Svalbard's primary city, Longyearbyen, which has a population of over 2,000.
Iceland is an island country in Northern Europe, straddling the Eurasian and North American plates between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the British Isles. Extent (locations outside mainland in parentheses) North: Rifstangi, 66°32′3" N (Kolbeinsey, 67°08,9 N) South: Kötlutangi, 63°23′6" N (Surtsey, 63°17,7 N)
General view of the Svartsengi geothermal power plant, near the evacuated town of Grindavik, in Iceland, (REUTERS) Biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10 years Tuesday 21 November 2023 14:00 ...
Iceland volcano – live: Eruption could happen with just 30 minutes warning as magma ‘very close’ to surface Simon Calder,Alisha Rahaman Sarkar and Andy Gregory November 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM
Grímsey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrimsˌeiː] ⓘ) is a small Icelandic island, 40 kilometres (20 nautical miles) off the north coast of the main island of Iceland, where it straddles the Arctic Circle. [1] Grímsey is also known for the puffins and other sea birds which visit the island for breeding.