IGNIS Young Reporter
by Daniel Dipper
age 14
Iceland is a country usually chosen by
many schools as their number one place
to go for a geography trip, just like my
school. This is simply because Iceland is
a country of sheer beauty and bursting
at the seams with geographical
features – from glaciers to geysers
and geothermal power stations. This
is what makes the country so unique –
not many countries can boast of being
such a geographically active place, nor
can many countries brag about being in
both Europe and North America at the
same time!
The first site we visited on our trip to Iceland
was the Blue Lagoon. The Blue Lagoon is a
lake of water heated by geothermal power
stations. The Blue Lagoon’s water also
contains lots of minerals which are good for
your body and you can even buy these to take
home (at the equivalent of about £10 a bottle!).
The algae in the water give a distinctive smell
of sulphur and you can even get face masks of
these. The current Blue Lagoon is purpose built
in the middle of a lava field – the first one was
actually a mistake created by a waste product
of a geothermal power station in 1976 which, by
the early 80s, had a reputation for being good
for the skin. These skin products are being
researched on site as well. Relaxing in the Blue
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