Iceland's Geographic Challenge
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2024
- Stratfor discusses Iceland's geographic isolation and its need to balance independence with external economic integration.
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Isn't Iceland being split in half? I heard that iceland was on two tectonic plates and are getting divided in two
That has been happening for millions of years ever since the island was formed in a gigantic eruption beneath the ocean. The oldest parts of Iceland are the Westfjords (in the North West) and Eastfjords in the East. Iceland is not being split in half but is actually growing larger because new land is constantly being formed as the two oldest parts of Iceland move further away from each others.
Ohh
simonolthenorwegian plate tectonics... look at the different types of plate boundaries and you'll see the future face of the earth. It's quite interesting and far beyond human timescales.
Gondaldin Or in other words.The island stretches
+simonolthenorwegian Yeah like Jonathan Williams said, Iceland is growing, not splitting, although, [twist] its not quite growing.
Under Iceland there is a mantle plume, the same mantle plume that split America from Europe. This mantle plume also created the Faeroe islands (I think) and split Iceland first from Europe and later from America (if someone has further information about the Faroe islands formation, let me know, they might have a similar origin as Iceland).
Now the plume is below Iceland. It pushes the tectonic plates upwards from the sea and creates new land that then moves east and west respectively. It sounds as if Iceland is growing, but because the plume pushes Iceland up the new land is effectively going down into the ocean, so its not really growing.
The plume is also moving, it slowly moves east and this is compenstated by changing the dividing line between America and Europe. This is happening now, the dividing line now splits in to two in the middle of Iceland and when you arrive in southern Iceland you have two different volcanic belts, the older is not far from the capital and the younger goes through Icelands south point. Surtsey and Eyjafjallajökull are both in the younger belt. Eventually the young belt is will reign supreme, until another younger belt is created farther east. I believe this eastward movement causes the eastern parts of Iceland still above sea level to be older than the western part.
It is highly surprising how many unqualified people feel qualified to make comments on this video. I hope that the other Stratfor minivideos are less affected by this.
It would be very good if the speaker‘s final comments were true; i.e. that “the population‘s indecisiveness concerning EU membership reflects that struggle” (the struggle between maintaining independence and fostering deep ties, etc). But this is a highly dubious point. In the first decades of independence Iceland maintained a clear policy of “fostering deep ties” with the (other, if you will) Nordic countries. This changed, in particular with the institution of a fisheries management system in the late nineties, whereby fisheries operators then active were, by political measures, given exclusive rights to fish, and (alleged but until now strictly enforced) right to sell or lease fishing rights to other members of the population against payment into their own pockets. The UNHRC deemed this in violation of international humanitarian law (ICCPR §26), but has not followed up its decision. This has had profound effects, and was certainly a factor contributing to the bank crash of 2008, in the aftermath of which Icelandic banks were awarded the IG Nobel price in economics. Icelandic polity proved incapable of upholding national and international law in the face of vested interests, the Supreme Court of Iceland being politically appointed. This system diverts a substantial part of the nation‘s wealth to particular groups in the absence of merit. Most Icelandic industries and services, including public media to a very large extent, are affected by the competitive advantage thus conferred, which aso may explain why the system has not been abolished.
Whatever may be said of other individual EU countries, this sets Iceland apart from the countries of Northern and Western Europe. The domestic system of economic privilege, and hence political power, built up in the past few decades in the manner described can have little advantage from close cooperation with countries that strictly maintain free market economies on a competititve basis, i.e., EU membership. The Icelandic króna is used by fewer people than any other monetary unit, but its abolition would deprive Icelandic politicians of an important means of diverting the nation‘s wealth to or from different industries and groups. The population‘s indecisiveness concerning EU membership reflects this struggle, and not the struggle between maintaining indepencence and fostering deep ties with others.
Thanks for the video Stratfor!
I wonder how many snow days they take off each year.
zero days, we dont stop everything we do just because there is some snow on the ground.
Cool dude.
I would love to see one about the USA
Like the first one they did
I like to much your video. Good presentation.
Wow I am not the only Lithuanian watching these? :D Yes make one on Lithuania next please.
its funny, becuase in 1990 in Poland considered for short time agreeing to USSR informal proposal to give up Kaliningrad to Warsaw, and poles wanted to give it to Lithuania. Of course, being informal during that time meant "totally abstract and unreal" and it is hard to believe that it would be considered seriosuly by Russia. Anyway this isn't total fantasy on STRATFOR part, though it is really funny in so many ways, especially today with knowledge what STRATFOR ideas about this region are.
I beg you do Lithuania! i would be so glad!
Do ISIL's Geographic Challenge.
ISIL is just a CIA op, not a real nation, so see USA's geographic challenge
Their challenge is that they are surrounded by enemies on all sides and that they are running out of geography to defend because they are losing it all.
ISIL''s geographic challenge is to attempt to prevent the wrath of all the fucking bad karma they've built up from ripping them apart which ain't going so well last time I checked.
Paianni not a country
Has he done NZ?
you didn't even mention the actual Icelandic geographic challenge. the fact that it's in the middle of two tectonic plates.
Axel Fjellman tøp we have dealt with that for 1100 years. My ancestors made it through so I will make it!
It's less of a problem since the tectonic plates are spewing up more land so effectively iceland is growing :>
Please make video about Latvia or at least Baltic states Geographic Challenge.
Iceland's Geographic Challenge:"Nobody, and I mean nobody, catch my Cods"
Yup, make one for Lithuania!
no lo tienen en español :)
??
Make one of Sweden
well, different version, same story: this was discussed with Poland too just for your information, but it was not treated seriously (and Poles wanted to give it back to Lithuania). From todays perspective this sounds like missed opportunity though.
US has a base there
no they don't. not since 2003...
Dragon Luffy No we withdrew from Iceland in 2003.
Iceland - no military, NATO member, provided strategic airfield in Keflavík and naval base during cold war.
I didn't know Iceland was that close to the Arctic Circle
Mentioning the cod wars might have been a good idea.
:DD
Finland ain't viking, bro
it's not even Germanic or even Indo-European speaking. Iranians are closer to Scandinavians in some ways than Finns are.
They're still Nordic
Nordic means that they speak a language derived from Old Norse. Finnish, and by consequence, Finland, does not fall under the term 'Nordic'.
Finnish language is Uralic. Their ancestors come from the Ural mountains and they are more related to Hungarians and Estonians.
Yes, Finland is Nordic. www.wikiwand.com/en/Nordic_countries
Pls do sweden
Ikke det bedste billede de har fundet af Lars Lykke;)
Ok, Lithuania's next. After Lithuania do Argentina!! :)
Probably just because of the "stratfor"sign
will Global Warming put Reykjavik underwater?
manofsan Yes, if all the ice will melt, including almost every city which is under 70 meters.
do nz plz
This region should belong either to Lithuania, Poland or even Germany but never to Russia. Kaliningrad is just big mishap of history.
wrong video
Iceland looks like Ireland.
You did the even mention it's most obvious geographic problem they can't grow shit there so they have to get most of their food imported to an island in the middle of nowhere which is expensive so all the food is expensive
prime ministers, not really
I get into this page just to write this: Who the hell cares about Iceland's Geographic Challenge?
Icelanders....
It looks soo lonely
Most of their narrators seem to have speech impediments. I suppose, since Stratfor aren't journalists, they don't care much for presentation. Sometimes it's annoying to listen to, but I don't see better reports anywhere else fact wise...
People who enjoy STRATFOR. But more importantly, why are you posting when you dont know what you are talking about? Please leave.
This is a good, if greatly simplified, summary of Iceland's situation.
But the narrator was not well chosen. He slurs his speech, and generally fails to enunciate clearly. Either get him a speech coach, or get a new narrator who doesn't talk like he has a mouthful of cabbage leaves.
no
I like turtles