Category: Drilling Operations on Surtsey
The drilling operation began on 24 July with the arrival of the advance crew on Surtsey. The Coast Guard boat and helicopter mobilization was on 28-30 July. The drilling operation ended with the final demobilization with Coast Guard boat and helicopter on 10 September. The first core was obtained on 10 August 2017.
Just arrived on the island
We fly from Reykjavik in the Iceland Coast Guard helicopter, TF-LIF, and arrive on Surtsey in the afternoon.... Read MoreTwo helicopters
The Coast Guard helicopter, TF-LIF, continues to bring loads of heavy equipment to the island from the ICGV Þór, waiting offshore. A commercial helicopter does the precision lifting to assemble the... Read More- 3 of 4
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