Iceland Institute for Natural History
The 2017 Surtsey drill core is located at the Iceland Institute for Natural History (NÁTTÚRUFRÆÐISTOFNUN ÍSLANDS), where it is stored with the drill core acquired in 1979.
To learn more about the Institute, go to http://en.ni.is/ (English) and http://www.ni.is/ (Iceland).
Drill Cores Arrive at the Iceland Institute for Natural History
The 2017 Surtsey drill core has arrived at its new home at the Iceland Institute for Natural History (NÁTTÚRUFRÆÐISTOFNUN ÍSLANDS), where it is stored with the drill core acquired in 1979. Much work will take place in the next few months to complete the descriptions of the core and the digital information system of the rock archive.
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Preparation for Transport from Heimaey to IINH
Nearly 700 m of drill core were scanned and described in the Heimaey core processing laboratory from August 10 – September 27.
Photograph by M. T. Guðmundsson
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