"Volcano Surtsey" documents the formation of Surtsey, a volcanic island off the coast of Iceland, which emerged in 1963 due to underwater volcanic eruptions. The film explores the geological ...

Surtsey is a new island formed by volcanic eruptions in 1963-67. It has been legally protected from its birth and provides the world with a pristine natural laboratory. Free from human interference, ...

It was Fr. Skehan who said the first Mass on the volcanic island Surtsey soon after it rose from the North Atlantic. At Weston Observatory, which he joined in 1956 and directed from 1973-93, a ...

In 1963, an Iceland volcano by the name of Surtsey began an eruption that would last for four years. To scientists, it’s become an invaluable opportunity to observe an environment closely ...