Icelandic Volcanoes and Us

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This explosive episode is all about the effects of Icelandic volcanoes on us all. In 1783 a massive eruption of Lakagígar volcano nearly forced the abandonment of Iceland as 15 cubic kilometres of lava was blown into the air. The greatest single amount ever recorded. The effects of this eruption caused enormous death and destruction in Iceland but also led to the failure of crops across northern Europe causing the deaths of 25,000 Britains and helping to cause the French revolution. Whilst this latest eruption seems rather tame by comparison it gave Dan the perfect excuse to speak to Páll Einarsson, who works at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, about the history of Iceland's volcanoes and how their presence continues to be felt both in Iceland and around the world.

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0:00.0	Tom Hanks is Otto. He's seen it all.
0:02.6	Otto?
0:03.3	Otto?
0:04.0	O-T-T-O.
0:05.2	You don't hear that name very often, I do.
0:07.4	He's a man who gets easily annoyed.
0:09.3	What are you doing?
0:10.2	Parallel parking. Parallel the Wattee.
0:12.4	Has had enough.
0:13.4	Are you always his unfriendly?
0:15.4	I am not unfriendly.
0:16.6	OK, you're like a warm cuddle.
0:18.2	But he's finding his joy again in the most unlikely place.
0:21.4	I'm not sure about this.
0:23.6	He's going to be very fun.
0:25.2	A man called Otto, only in cinemas now.
0:30.4	Hello, everybody. Welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit.
0:36.0	We got nice, landed volcano erupting.
0:39.1	Eventually, it'll be the big one.
0:40.7	It'll be the big one that blocked out the sky just as
0:43.9	happened in 1783 when we are told by eyewitnesses in Britain.
0:50.3	There was a smokey fog that prevailed for many weeks.
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