Jules Verne’s 1864 novel “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” tells the story of a German scientist and his nephew who believe that they can journey to the centre of the earth by descending into Iceland’s inactive volcano “Snæfellsjökull”. Snæfellsjökull can sometimes be seen from the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík, a distance of 120 …
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Tenerife Sea
Ed Sheeran’s 2014 song “Tenerife Sea”, is a reference to the island of Tenerife which according to Sheeran, the blue colour of the sea, matched the colour of the eyes of his girlfriend at that time. Tenerife is the largest and most heavily populated of the Canary Islands which are located off the north-west coast …
The Northern Lights are in my Mind
In 2019 we pointed you in the direction of the Northern Lights. In fact in 1978 the group Renaissance were singing about the Northern Lights in their only hit single. The beauty of the song matches the sight of the lights. The Northern Lights or to give them their technical name, the “Aurora Borealis” are …