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Iceland Watches the Water

A new radar on a volcanic headland is tracking ships off Iceland. One reason to watch the water lies far below the surface.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 10

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The patrol ship Freyja carried a new coastal radar from Hafnarfjörður to the Westman Islands, off the south coast of Iceland. A truck took it the rest of the way to the headland at Stórhöfði. On November 6, the Icelandic Coast Guard confirmed that the station was already sending data to its operations center in Reykjavík.

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