SLN geography@Iceland 2003 Photo-enquiry
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All photographs can be used in any teaching and learning context in a
school but cannot be used for any other purposes .
Which country is Europe’s biggest Banana grower?
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2.1 Where are these Bananas growing
- the country is Europe's biggest banana grower! |
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2.2 At 64 degrees North in Iceland,
just 2 degrees below the Arctic Circle. |
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2.3 The ground is hot near the
surface heating the groundwater above boiling point in some places. |
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2.4 Put up a glass house and heat
it with hot geothermal water. |
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2.5 And you can grow vegetables and flowers in a tundra environment.
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2.6 Iceland has long light days in
summer but lamps are needed in winter but cheap electricity from
geothermal power stations provides it. |
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2.7 These flowers will be sold at a
florist in Reykjavik and other Icelandic towns. |
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2.8 Hveragerdi is the town that has
developed horticulture with geothermal activity. |
If any one else would like to contribute a picture story like these
about anywhere in the world then e-mail chris.durbin@staffordshire.gov.uk
Thanks to www.arctic-experience.co.uk/htm/pageloader.cfm
for their splendid organisation and a great trip.
 
This page last updated
30 March 2012
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