Two Volcanologists on the Edge of the Abyss, Searching for the Secrets of the Earth

By Kiley Bense

On an overcast day last August, I stood in a parking lot listening to an Icelandic guide explain to a crowd of dejected tourists that the ​​Fagradalsfjall volcano had stopped erupting the night before. “There is no carrot at the end of this journey,” he said.