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Route 1 offer lowest price on Toyota Yaris copmared with all Icelandic car rental companies.
Local Newspaper Fréttablaðið executed a price comparison on week rental of small cars in Iceland and Denmark. Route 1 Car Rental offer lowest price on Toyota Yaris compared to all major Icelandic car rental companies.
Iceland has the most reliable fresh water supply
Posted on 24 June 2010. Tags: clear gold, drought, Iceland, Norway, water
A new report says that Iceland has the world’s most secure water supply. Somalia is, on the other hand, in the worst position for fresh water supplies and other African nations Mauritania, Sudan and Niger also suffer horribly.
Norway and New Zealand both have the second most plentiful and reliable water supplies after Iceland.
In Sudan, only 30 percent of people have access to clean drinking water, Visir.is reports.
Iceland volcano loses intensity
Posted on22 May 2010. Tags: Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, volcano
Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull is erupting with much less force than before – spewing just five tonnes per second instead of 200 at its peak earlier in the week.
The material being produced is tephra rising to 1.5 to 2 km into the air. No lava is flowing from the crater, Visir.is reports.
Nearly 30 earthquakes have shaken the Eyjafjallajokull glacier since yesterday; but most were very small.
The force of the eruption has diminished considerably and the cloud blowing up from the west of the volcano contains little ash. Explosive activity is also said to be minimal.
Although it may appear the volcano is coming to an end, it could equally intensify again at any moment, so it is not surprising that no scientist has yet come forward to say that he/she believes the eruption is ending.
Photo: Anders Peter Amsnæs
The winning picture from our photo contest
Helga Hjaltadóttir had the winning picture in our Route 1 Volcano photo contest, a really magnificent black and white picture showing the road heading to the black plume above the volcano. We congratulate her!
We created this video with pictures from the contest - what you can expect to experience on Route 1 in Iceland :)
Voting for the best eruption images taken from route 1
5 pictures have been chosen and the voting has begun. You can vote for the best image on the Route 1 Car Rental Facebook page. The winner will be announced at 2pm, GMT, May 17th.
Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano continues to erupt and here below at Míla and Vodafone you can watch the eruption, in real time. Sean Stiegemeier took this exceptional sean of Eyjafjallajökull in a day and a half, you have to see his work. There is also a link to Satellite image from Nasa and there can you see how local area the plume of ash are. So if you are travelling in Iceland and are hit by a thick plume of ash then just drive for a 30 minute and get out of the plume. This will be your experience of a lifetime, you will have no words.
Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.