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is it still there? THANKS TO: This video was inspired by some tweets from author Sam Hughes. You can follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/qntm and read his work here: https://qntm.org/fiction The pilots and team at Norlandair, who sorted out a charter at very short notice: https://www.norlandair.is/ The folks at the Hafdals Hotel, who were okay with me filming from their spectacular view! FILMED SAFELY: see https://www.tomscott.com/safe/ PHOTO CREDITS: Grimsey photos, in order, all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Michael Pollak, "basaltsäulen": https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelpollak/30409397618/ John Lester, "IMG_0546": https://www.flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/190514442/ Brian Gratwicke, "Puffin on Grimsey": https://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/14809239484/ Michael Pollak, "marker": https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelpollak/29340290367/ All photos of Kolbeinsey in 1989 and 2001 are copyright Guðmundur St. Valdimarsson, and used with permission and thanks. Photos from 2013 are copyright of Landhelgisgæsla Íslands (the Icelandic Coast Guard), and used with permission and thanks. And the "so I chartered a plane" gag is very heavily inspired by Matt Parker's video about stroboscopic helicopter blades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SgG99QKLFE SOURCES and FURTHER READING: Sæmundsson and Hjartarson (1989), "Geology and Erosion of Kolbeinsey North of Iceland", http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20061115000423/http://www.isor.is/~ah/kolbeinsey/kolb_ensk.html Jacobsen, T., & Stone, I. (2006). Kolbeinsey: Iceland's Arctic island. Polar Record, 42(2), 167-169. doi: 10.1017/s0032247406215298 From Landhelgisgæsla Íslands (the Icelandic Coast Guard): https://www.lhg.is/frettir-og-fjolmidlar/frettasafn/frettayfirlit/nr/212 https://www.lhg.is/frettir-og-fjolmidlar/frettasafn/frettayfirlit/nr/1652 https://www.lhg.is/frettir-og-fjolmidlar/frettasafn/frettayfirlit/nr/2564 https://www.lhg.is/frettir-og-fjolmidlar/frettasafn/frettayfirlit/nr/2611 The Cod Wars, from the UK National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/cod-wars.htm And of course, the Wikipedia article for Kolbeinsey, which will presumably be updated shortly after this video goes live. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbeinsey I'm at https://tomscott.com on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at https://facebook.com/tomscott and on Instagram as tomscottgo