Transcript less than 1/3 of land inhabitable national

fun facts about
iceland
population: ~260,000, 65% in Reykjavik
(Boston proper: ~595,000)
area: approximately size of (uk – scotland)
less than 1/3 of land inhabitable
national language: icelandic,
a form of ancient norwegian.
carefully protected by government
largely unchanged for past 1500 years
ancient name system still in use
economics:
pre-1960, iceland was largely considered
a 3rd world country
since then, geothermal energy allowed
country to grow largely self-subsistent
today:
geothermal energy used for nearly everything
now transitioning to hydrogen-based vehicles
Iceland is located on the mid-atlantic ridge,
at the intersection of America and Eurasia
fastest “growing” country in the world,
tectonic plates spreading at 2+cm/year.
the 24-hr canyon:
Iceland is located on the mid-atlantic ridge,
at the intersection of America and Eurasia
The canyon at Gullfoss is believed byover
geologists
100 volcanoes in Iceland
to have been created over a period of
24
hours
10 “extremely
active”, last major eruption in 2001
by a glacier exploding
the land of Bjork:
Bjork performed a concert here in an ancient
volcanic crater