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Swimming In Silence: A Scintillating Snorkel Between Continents In The Silfra Fissure
Even in a town as small and quiet as Reykjavík, it’s still easy to get caught up in daily urban stresses: Drinking too much caffeine, staying up too late, and djamming a little too hard. What can someone do to wind down…
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Tourist In Critical Care Following Diving Accident
A tourist is in critical care at the National University Hospital of Iceland following a diving accident at the Silfra rift in Þingvellir National Park yesterday, reports Vísir. The rift itself has been closed by park authorities until noon today. According to…
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Child To Dive Between Tectonic Plates In Iceland
A 13-year-old girl from the UK will be the youngest ever to dive in the Silfra fissure, in Þingvellir National Park. The Independent reports that Charlotte Burns has received permission from the Icelandic government to make the dive. While normally the legal…
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Suspended In Silfra
Fifty kilometres north of Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park, a drop of water melts from the glacier Lángjökull, liberated from the 1,000-year-old frozen mass. The drop falls into porous, volcanic rock where it spends 30 to 100 years being filtered through the ground…