Iceland

Wow, what a beautiful place Iceland is! I am currently staying in Hotel Borg in Reykjavik, Iceland’s magnificent capital. I came to Iceland because it sat right on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a perfect example of a divergent boundary, one of the types of mechanics I was studying, and here’s what I found out. 

A divergent boundary uses a process known as sea-floor spreading. In a rift in the ocean floor, magma comes up from the crust and cools on the surface of the plate. This rock then cools and slowly moves away on their respective plates.  Seismic activity, though usually small, occur very frequently here in Iceland.  Iceland has a lot of volcanoes due to its location in a very active part of the world. 

I went on my first pirate mission today, in a shop nearby a volcano named Grímsvotn. In the shop, I acquired a necklace made from cooled lava rocks from volcanoes. Cool!