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| The land of fire and ice |
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| Sunday 19th June |
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Dad and I have just arrived in Iceland - the land of fire and ice!
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I am really looking forward to this holiday.
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I'm going to write everything down in this diary.
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When we were flying over the island we could see the volcanoes and
the glaciers.
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None of the vlocanoes was erupting.
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I would like to see an eruption - it would be thrilling - but
active volcanoes are dangerous.
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| It's safer when they're quiet. |
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| Tomorrow we're going to Hekla. |
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It's an active volcano but it hasn't erupted for several years.
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| Monday 20th June |
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Today we climbed to the top Hekla.
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We didn't go into the crater, though.
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There was snow on the ground but in some places the rocks were
warm.
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The snow was melting and the rocks were steaming.
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Our guide picked up a small rock and told us about it.
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When the volcano erupts, the rock from deep under the ground comes
out of the volcano.
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The rock is so hot that it is liquid.
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It runs down the sides of the volcano, then it cools and goes
hard.
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It's called lava. It isn't smooth at all.
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It feels very rough and a bit sharp. You can easily cut yourself
on it.
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| Our guide's name is Ari. |
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In the hotel this evening he drew a diagram of what Hekla looks
like inside.
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Now I understand why the ground was hot.
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There is liquid rock down there - now!
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Ari showed us pictures of Hekla erupting.
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He let me keep this one. He is very nice.
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He's a student at the moment but he's going to be a geologist.
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He knows a lot about rocks and everything about the volcanoes in
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| Tuesday 21st June |
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Today we saw a geyser - that's a kind of hot spring.
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About every ten minutes hot water went shooting up from the ground
like a huge fountain.
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| It was fantastic. |
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The water underground is heated by the hot rocks.
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First it bubbles then when it gets really hot it suddenly goes up
about 10 metres high.
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| Whoosh! What incredible power! |
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| Dad took this picture. |
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| Wednesday 22nd June |
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We went to a really strange place today.
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We went to the top of a volcano, then we went down inside.
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The ground was steaming and there were lots of hot springs.
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Sometimes these springs are boiling hot so you must be careful.
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There were noisy pools of hot bubbling mud, too!
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They're called mud pots. What weird sounds!
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A long time ago people believed in dragons and monsters.
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They thought they lived in volcanoes and now I know why.
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The noises sounded like terrifying monsters under our feet.
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| What a peculiar place! |
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| Monsters under ground |
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| Thursday 24th June |
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Today was terrific fun. We went to a gigantic pool outside.
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I thought the water would be freezing cold but it was like being
in a warm bath!
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| It was brilliant. |
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| A hot spring feeds the pool. |
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It's like having a hot tap running all the time so the pool never
geos cold.
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| I wanted to stay all day. |
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Tomorrow Ari's taking us to a glacier.
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| This is the best holiday ever! |
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| Me and dad in the warm pool |
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| Listen 5 times |
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