Martin Ross: Fire-and-Iceland

Iceland, one of the most active volcanic centers on earth and the only point where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above the sea, also is partially covered by several spectacular ice caps. For these reasons, Iceland is an outstanding natural geologic laboratory, making it an easy selection as the topic for a joint Geology/Honors Program course I and three other faculty members taught last spring to twenty undergraduates. The culmination of the course was a two-week field trip through the wilds of Iceland this September.

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