Chapter 457: The Land of Ice and Fire
Here, he didn't hunt 'Yan', now the times are different, and ordinary people will be able to make a big move if they are not careful.
The so-called ultimate move is all kinds of strange diseases......
The biggest big move is Ai's, people who like to look for flowers and ask willows, the most afraid is to hit this kind of big move, because it is almost hopeless at present.
Of course, Ye Chao is not afraid of this kind of big move, because he is not an ordinary person.
Although Ye Chao is not afraid of big moves, he is still very attentive...... If you can't get it, you won't get it......
He left Aarhus, Denmark, and his next stop was ...... Iceland.
Iceland is an island, and there's nothing wrong with that.
But Iceland is more of a country, although it is only a small country, but it is really an independent country, the full name is - the Republic of Iceland.
With an area of 103,000 square kilometers, the island nation is the second largest island in Europe and the westernmost country in Europe, located in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, close to the Arctic Circle to the north.
1/8 of Iceland is covered by glaciers, which cover an area of 13,000 square kilometers and have a coastline of about 4,970 kilometers. It is bordered by the Greenland Sea to the north, the Danish Strait to the northwest, and the Norwegian Sea to the northeast.
Iceland, located at the confluence of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, is one of the five Nordic countries with a population of about 320,000, making it the least densely populated country in Europe. The capital is Reykjavík, which is also the largest city in Iceland, and the southwest region near the capital accounts for 2/3 of the country's population.
Located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland is a volcanic and geologically active country.
The interior is dominated by plain landforms, with sandy textures, cooled lava plains and glaciers scattered throughout the territory. Although Iceland is located on the edge of the Arctic Circle, it has a suitable climate due to the warm North Atlantic Current.
According to the Book of Colonization, the history of European settlers can be traced back to 874 AD, with the Viking Inger Arnason and his party being the first permanent settlers in Iceland, while other earlier settlers spent the winter in Iceland.
In the following centuries, the Scandinavians settled in Iceland, bringing with them Gaelic slaves. From 1262 to 1918 Iceland became part of Norway and then came under the Danish crown.
Iceland declared independence in 1918 and became a republic in 1944.
Iceland is now a highly developed capitalist country, with citizens having a Nordic welfare system such as state-provided health insurance and higher education. Ranked 13th in the United Nations Human Development Index in 2014, Iceland is the least populous of NATO members and the only country without a standing army, with only the Coast Guard serving as a national defence.
There is an armed force, the Icelandic Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæsla).
Íslands) and its affiliated flying team, about 100 people, equipped with three patrol boats and some small aircraft, are responsible for the protection of fishing areas and marine rescue.
This armed force played an important role in the Cod Wars.
The Icelandic Coast Guard has three 1,000-ton ocean-going patrol vessels, a Super Puma helicopter, a maritime reconnaissance aircraft and two chartered helicopters.
There are 650 police officers in the country.
There is no way, Iceland is such a small country that can only afford such an armed force.
Reykjavik is located in the southeast corner of Fahsa Bay in West Iceland and on the north side of the Celtiana Peninsula, the highest latitude capital in the world, and the largest port city in Iceland.
It faces the sea to the west and is surrounded by high mountains to the north and east, and has a mild climate influenced by the North Atlantic Current, with an average temperature of 11°C in July, -1°C in January, and an average annual temperature of 4.3°C.
With a population of 209,000 people, Reykjavík is Iceland's main political, economic and cultural center.
This population, in Chinese mainland, a small third-tier city is more than it.
The whole of Iceland is a bowl-shaped plateau surrounded by coastal mountains and a plateau in the middle. Most of them are terraces, which are mostly between 400 and 800 meters high, with individual peaks reaching 1,300-1,700 meters, and the highest peak in Iceland is Mount Warnerdals Hönouk (2,119 meters).
The lowland area is very small, and the western and southwestern parts are covered with marine plains and glacial alluvial plains, which account for about 7% of the total area of the island.
The coastline without glaciers flowing through is irregular, with many fjords and coves. The rest of the coastal area is dominated by sandy beaches, with lagoons formed by sandbars off the shore.
Iceland is a small country with more than 100 volcanoes, and Warnerdals Hernouk is the highest peak in the country, with an altitude of 2,119 meters. Almost the entire country of Iceland is built on volcanic rock, most of which cannot be cultivated, and volcanic activity on the southwest coast between 1963 and 1967 formed a small island of about 2.1 km?.
Therefore, Iceland is the country with the most hot springs in the world, so it is called the "Land of Ice and Fire".
Since the late Early Miocene, it was formed by the accumulation of upper mantle material overflowing from the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and is a volcanic island. The rocks that make up Iceland are all volcanic rocks, with basalt being the most widely distributed, andesite, rhyolite, etc.
There are many volcanoes on the island, and it is known as the "Polar Circle Fire Island", with a total of 200-300 volcanoes and 40-50 active volcanoes.
The main volcanoes are Laki, Warnardals, Hekla, and Katra.
Iceland has the highest number of hot springs in the world, with around 250 alkaline hot springs on the island, the largest producing 200 litres of water per second.
Iceland is home to many fountains, waterfalls, lakes and rushing rivers, with the largest river, Siyursau, being 227 kilometres long.
Iceland has a cold temperate oceanic climate that is unpredictable.
Due to the influence of the warm North Atlantic Current, it is milder than other places at the same latitude.
There is a long period of sunshine in summer and very little sunshine in winter. Auroras are visible in autumn and early winter. Iceland is known as the "Volcanic Island", "Srizzle Island", "Frozen Land", and "Island of Ice and Fire".
The rivers flow out of the central plateau in a radial shape, and the main rivers are: Fjörderum Glacier and so on.
Iceland is not only the center of the Quaternary ice sheet, but there are still modern glaciers on the plateau, mainly shield-shaped ice cap glaciers, but also a small number of cirque glaciers, covering 11.5% of the island. There are mainly Vatnajökull Glacier, Langjökull Glacier, Hofs Glacier and Mida Glacier, of which Vatnajökull covers an area of 8450km?, with a thickness of several hundred meters to 2km, and is the largest glacier in the world except for Antarctica and Greenland.
Iceland is located at high latitudes, but due to the influence of the North Atlantic Current and the control of the westerly wind belt, it belongs to the temperate oceanic climate, which is a special climate in the same latitude.
It is heavily influenced by the North Atlantic Current, which flows mainly to the south and has a branch that circles it to the west and north. Therefore, although it is located near the Arctic Circle, the winter temperature is not low, and the summer temperature is between 7-12°C for the whole island.
It is located near the center of low pressure in Iceland and the weather can be changeable.
Cyclones bring abundant precipitation to Iceland, with average annual precipitation of between 1,000-2,000 mm in the southwest and west, and less in the north and north-east, at 400-600 mm.
Regardless of the season, rain and snow are possible.
Despite Iceland's proximity to the North Pole, winter temperatures are not very low, with an average temperature of around -2°C, and summer temperatures are only between 7-20°C, so the cooler weather is best for outdoor activities, so the best time to visit Iceland is from June to September and January to March.
From June to the end of August, there are almost no nights, and there are special natural phenomena that make it easy for those who want to travel by pitching a tent and driving at night.
January to March is a great time for ice skating and ice fishing, but you can also try other more adventurous activities such as snowmobiling or off-road hunting.
Iceland is rich in geothermal resources and has a wide range of hot springs. Fisheries, hydro and geothermal resources are abundant, other natural resources are scarce, and products such as oil need to be imported. The annual hydropower generation capacity that can be developed is 64 billion kWh, and the annual power generation capacity of geothermal energy can reach 7.2 billion kWh.
The Icelandic economy is largely dependent on marine fisheries. The fishing industry provides 60 per cent of Iceland's export earnings and employs 8 per cent of the labour population.
Because of its economic homogeneity, Iceland was said to have been the first country to go bankrupt at the time of the 2008 financial tsunami.
Ye Chao did not underestimate the country of Iceland because of this.
It takes wisdom for such a small country to be able to govern itself independently for so long and to survive so well in the forest of the world.