Local safety chief’s stark advice as visitors return to Grindavík – with more activity expected
Why do people want to see Grindavík? Gunnar Schram, the police chief for Suðurnes, the region of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula that has erupted sixtimes since last December, laughs at the question.
The allure of getting close to an active volcano is so strong that even the person tasked with ensuring people behave around the eruption site at Grindavík, which opened up to the public on Monday for the first time since the town started cracking open on 10 November last year, cannot deny its majesty.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/26/iceland-volcanic-site-grindavik-reopens
Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
Publish date : 2024-10-26 16:17:03
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