Evening Mail reporter Karl Steel's Icelandic volcano blog
Part 2: The country
ICELAND - even the name itself suggests there are better places to spend a summer holiday.
In reality, however, there is very little difference between the climate here and in the UK.
The main ski resort in the country has been closed since last year because there was no snow - we had it all instead. Rolling hills with trees and... [more]
Published: May 12, 2010
Part 1: The Volcano
Iceland has been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past year or so, with the banking crisis and now the volcano that is causing havoc with flights across Europe.
Flying into the country we looked down on Eyjafjallajokull ('The Volcano' from here on in) and it is astounding to think that the effects of a cloud of ash of this... [more]
Published: May 11, 2010
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