Author: surtsey50years
Lava Spattering
View is of the inside of the eastern crater on Surtsey island. The walls of this crater are made of many layers of basaltic rock.... Read More
Fixing the Dishwasher
An electrical engineer who is waiting to go to Surtsey helped out immensely by fixing the dishwasher in the kitchen. He also was invaluable in fixing the MSCL machine, which was also functioning impro... Read More
Creating Sleeping Space
We only have so many private rooms in Heimaey. Thankfully, we have lots of mattresses. This is a mock bedroom created by piling many mattresses together to form a wall. This is in the main room of the... Read More
Drying Clothes
The heaters in the main room of the Scout’s House are great for drying clothes!... Read More
Core Washing Station
Scientists at work getting a core ready to be washed at the washing station. Core must be washed before it can be imaged. An example of a freshly washed core. This is the first time core has been remo... Read More
Beginnings of the DIS
To properly record information about the core for later scientific use, the International Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) inputs information into the Drilling Information System (DIS). Some of the ... Read More
Scanning the Core
A member of the science team on Heimaey is placing core to be scanned with the Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL). The MSCL can measure things such as color, magnetic susceptibility, and spectral absorpt... Read More