We follow him as he ventures amongst the incandescent lava flows, “by studying the lava we can start to understand more about its characteristics and this is really important if we’re going to try and evacuate people from a village for example”. Especially as in this country, a major eruption typically occurs every 5 years. “There’s a saying here in Iceland that if you don’t like the weather you can just wait five minutes. However, that goes both ways, so you do have to be prepared for say mist coming in or a torrential downpour or a volcano erupting!”