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INSIDE THE VOLCANO

The one and only Volcano where Humans can go deep into the magma chamber that
encompasses the 6200 km ridge on the globe which passes thru the land area only at
Reykjavik, Iceland. Adventure photographer Premjith Narayan with his enthusiastic
kids, Jathin Premjith and Nithin Premjith become the first Indians who have gone into
these deep secrets of magma chamber of this Volcano. The entire episode of this trips is
narrated by Premjith Narayan with his amazing photographs .

fter the success of our ARCTIC tour to largest city is Reykjavík. the surrounding areas
Acapture the ‘Aurora Borealis’ in 2012, in the southwest of the country are home to
wherein we had a good success in capturing two-thirds of the population.
the Northern Lights in its true splendor to
showcase to the world, this posed another Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and
challenge to us. has a temperate climate despite a high
latitude just outside the Arctic Circle.
For the first time in history travellers have Iceland is closer to continental Europe than
the opportunity to look how a volcano looks to mainland North America; thus, the
like from the ‘INSIDE’.. island is generally included in Europe for
historical, political, cultural, and practical
We set out to travel to one of the amazing reasons. Geologically the island includes
natural wonders of the world…. parts of both continental plates.

ICELAND Iceland is volcanically and geologically active.
Iceland is a Nordic country located between The interior consists mainly of a plateau
the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. characterized by sand and lava fields,
mountains and glaciers, while many glacial
It is the world’s 18th largest island, and Europe’s rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands.
second largest island after Great Britain. It
has a population of 325,671 and an area of It has a high concentration of
103,000 km2 making it the most sparsely active volcanoes due to its location on the mid-
populated country in Europe. The capital and Atlantic Ridge, a divergent tectonic plate

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