Coordinates & Chronicles
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Þingvellir National Park exposes Iceland’s active rift, where the North American and Eurasian plates pull apart across fractured basalt.
LOCATION RECORD 030: Yellowstone National Park: The Caldera That Never Went Quiet
Yellowstone National Park sits above an active volcanic system powering more than 10,000 hydrothermal features...
LOCATION RECORD 025: McMurdo Station: The Station That Put Gaianyx on the Map
McMurdo Station is Antarctica’s largest research base—and the remote working outpost that helped place Gaianyx...
LOCATION RECORD 024: Lassen Volcanic National Park: The Mountain Is Quiet, Not Retired
Lassen Volcanic National Park brings all four primary volcano types into one landscape of plug...
LOCATION RECORD 023: Halley VI Research Station: Science on Moving Ice
Halley VI Research Station stands on hydraulic legs and skis, carrying Antarctic science across the...
LOCATION RECORD 018: Eyjafjallajökull: When Ice, Fire and Airspace Collided
Eyjafjallajökull is Iceland’s ice-covered stratovolcano whose 2010 eruption transformed magma, glacial water and ash into...
LOCATION RECORD 006: Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station—Science at Earth’s Moving Axis
At 90° South, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station supports year-round science from a drifting ice sheet...
