REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ke emi nei ka pele pele hou loa o Iceland, wahi a ka poʻe ʻepekema i ka Pōʻakahi - a ʻo ka puʻupuʻu mākaʻikaʻi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka waiwai kālā o kēia ʻāina luhi i ka uahi pū kekahi.
He ʻōlelo ia e pili ana i ka waiwai o ka ʻāina i ka wā e hoʻokipa ʻia ai ka lua pele e hū ʻia ma ke ʻano he nūhou maikaʻi. Akā ua loaʻa iā Iceland kahi manawa paʻakikī mai ka hāʻule ʻana o kāna mau panakō i 18 mau mahina i hala aku nei, e hoʻopau ana i ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka hana ʻole.
A laila, i ka mahina i hala, ua hoʻomaka ka lua pele ʻo Eyjafjallajokull i ka pele ma hope o 200 mau makahiki o ka noho mālie, hoʻoweliweli i nā waikahe a me nā ōlaʻi akā e huki ana i nā tausani o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi - a me kā lākou kālā i makemake nui ʻia - i ke kahua kahi i huʻi ʻia ai ka lehu a me ka pele wela mai ka lua ma waena o ʻelua. hau hau.
Pono e pau nā mea maikaʻi a pau, akā naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe ʻepekema i ka Pōʻakahi e hāʻule ana ka pele.
"Ua pau ka hana lua pele," wahi a Einar Kjartansson, he geophysicist ma ka Icelandic Meteorological Office. "Manaʻo wau ua pau ka pele."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, ka mea kālaihonua o University of Iceland, ua emi loa ka hana ma ka lua pele i nā lā ʻelua i hala iho nei, ʻoiai "ua hiki wawe ke kākau i kāna palapala make."
He mau tausani kanaka i hele i ka lua pele, 75 mau mile (120 mau kilomita) ma ka hikina o Reykjavik, mai ka hoomaka ana o ka pele i ka la 20 o Malaki — a ua loaa ka waiwai uuku o na hui huakai Icelandic e lawe ana ia lakou i laila, ma ke kaʻa kaʻa, hau hau, souped-up " superjeep” a me ka helikopa.
Ua hoʻokau nā mea hoʻokele a me nā mea hele wāwae i nā kaʻa kaʻa i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke kuaʻāina kakaʻikahi kokoke i ka pūnaewele.
"Ua like ia me ka ʻahaʻaina me ka ʻole o ke mele," wahi a ka mākaʻikaʻi Pelekane ʻo Alex Britton, 27, nāna i holo i ka lua pele. "A i ʻole e like me kahi huakaʻi."
Ua ʻōlelo ka mokulele mokulele ʻo Iceland Express ua piʻi kāna ʻoihana ma ka 20 pakeneka mai ka pele ʻana, a ʻōlelo ka Icelandic Tourist Board he 26,000 mau malihini kipa i hele mai i ka ʻāina i Malaki, kahi moʻolelo no kahi mahina mālie ke noho nei ʻo Iceland i kāna hibernation hoʻoilo.
ʻO kēia mokupuni lua pele o 320,000 poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo iho o ka Arctic Circle ua loaʻa mua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi mai ka pilikia hoʻokele waiwai, ka mea i ʻike i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā waihona ʻaiʻē o Iceland a me ka hāʻule nui o ka waiwai o kāna kālā, ke krona. ʻAʻole koke, ua komo kekahi ʻāina kaulana kaulana me kekahi o nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka nohona o ka honua i ka ʻaiʻē, e hakakā nei e uku i kāna mau bila - a hiki ke kūʻai hou ʻia i nā malihini kipa.
Ua lilo ka lua pele i wahi mākaʻikaʻi no ka poʻe ʻimi hauʻoli mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai ke kumukūʻai, mai ka euro55 ($75) no kahi huakaʻi kaʻa e nānā i ka lua pele mai kahi mamao a i ka euro200 ($270) no ka holo superjeep. kokoke i ka lihi o ka lua.
"Loaʻa iā mākou nā poʻe e noho ana ma nā hale hoʻokipa o ka poʻe backpackers i ka huakaʻi," wahi a Torfi Ynvgason mai ka mea hoʻokele huakaʻi Arctic Adventures. "No ka holo ʻana ma luna o kahi glacier, ma Iceland, i ka hoʻoilo, i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka pele - inā loaʻa iā ʻoe i kāu waihona kālā, e hele ana ʻoe."
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka kaulana o ka lua pele i ka poʻo o nā luna. Wahi a ke Keʻena Hoʻomalu Kivila o Iceland, pono nā hui hoʻopakele e kōkua i ka 50 poʻe i ka lā mai ka pūnaewele, kahi i emi ai ka mahana a hiki i -17 Celsius (1.4 Fahrenheit) i ka makani nahu. ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei ua make ʻelua mau malihini Icelandic no ka ʻike ʻana ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana a ua pau kā lākou kaʻa i ke kinoea ma kahi huakaʻi i ka pūnaewele.
Ua maʻa maikaʻi ʻo Iceland i nā pōʻino kūlohelohe a me ke keaka seismic. Noho ka mokupuni ma kahi wela wela o ka moana ʻAkelanika, a ua puka pinepine ka pele i loko o ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻāina, i hoʻomaka ʻia i ka wā e neʻe ai nā papa o ka Honua a i ka wā e neʻe ai ka pelemaka mai ka lepo hohonu i ka ʻili.
ʻO ka pelekane ʻo Eyjafjallajokull ka mua o ka ʻāina mai ka makahiki 2004, a ʻo ka lua pele nui loa mai Hekla, ka lua pele ikaika loa o Iceland, i puhi i kona piko ma 2000.
Akā, mamao loa ka poʻe Icelanders mai ka maʻi. ʻO lākou hoʻi, ua ʻānai mai e ʻike i ka lua pele hou, a he nui ka poʻe e wehewehe ana he mea like ia me ka ʻike ʻuhane.
"He mea kupanaha ka ʻike ʻana," wahi a Sunnefa Burgess, ka mea hana no ka mea hoʻokele huakaʻi ʻo Iceland Excursions. “Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho ma laila i ka lā a pau. A ʻo ka walaʻau! He manaʻo hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke wehewehe.
No ka poʻe Icelanders luhi i ka pilikia, ua hāʻawi pū ka pele i kahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi mai nā nūhou hoʻokele waiwai a me nā haunaele politika. Ua alakaʻi ka lua pele i nā nūpepa nūhou a ua hāʻawi i kahi kumuhana hou o ke kamaʻilio ʻana i loko o nā pahu kofe a me nā wai wela waho i hoʻomehana ʻia i ka geothermally kahi e ʻākoakoa ai nā Icelanders.
I kēia manawa me he mea lā e nalowale ana ka makani pele e like me kona hiki ʻana mai.
A aia kahi hopohopo nui e ʻā ana ma hope. Wahi a nā kānaka ʻepekema ua hōʻike ka mōʻaukala i ka wā e hū ai ʻo Eyjafjallajokull, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lua pele ʻo Katla kokoke i nā lā a i ʻole mau mahina.
Aia ʻo Katla ma lalo o ka pahu hau nui o Myrdalsjokull, a hiki i ka pele ke hoʻomāhuahua i ka wai kahe. ʻO ka pele nui hope loa i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1918, a ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe vulcanologists ua hala ka pahū hou.
"Hiki i ka pele nui o Katla ke hoʻopilikia nui i ka mokulele ma ka ʻĀkelanika ʻĀkau," wahi a Kjartansson. "He hiki ke hana i ka nui o ka poino a me ka haunaele.
"Akā he liʻiliʻi ka hana seismic kokoke i Katla. ʻAʻohe oʻu kumu e manaʻo ai e hana ʻo Katla i kekahi mea i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
