A volcano was erupting the day I ­arrived in Iceland and people were running. It was a reasonable course of action you might ...

My first day in Iceland this past August was clear and sunny, a vacationer’s dream. And it turned out to be a great day to squeeze in a sightseeing activity I hadn’t initially signed up to do: fly ...

Outdoor adventure awaits in this beautiful, rugged region known as 'Iceland in Miniature' where you'll find a glacier, ...

Hardened lava crunches under your boots. Pungent sulphur fumes shroud the bizarre black landscape. Warm, sometimes scalding steam rises from fissures in the igneous rock. Here at the foot of ...

“To witness these powerful forces, the roar of Earth, is mind blowing,” says Ingimundur Stefansson, an Icelandic tour guide. “Man is a small potato in such a world.” In part because of our fascination ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the 30 volcanic systems on Iceland, four are currently active, says Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the ...