What a year! And can it really be a year already? Your coverage was amazing - you should all be so proud. Art's photography was some of the best footage I have ever seen of an eruption and put the broadcast media to shame. And it was Valur's fizzing excitement at being able to get so close to the eruption (but not walking on the lava!) was positively infectious. Thousands of people wanted to be there to share the joy, terror and awe of watching a volcano erupt. I'm still convinced it's no coincidence that the eruption stopped within minutes of me landing in Iceland last September - sorry guys...

I came across the channel, by accident. Yes. The volcano. I am still a happy subscriber and watch most videos. I love the walking newscast with Polly. Please keep the format. It really is a great way of humanizing news, instead of just reporting it. Great work by a great team. Thanks to the team behind the scenes, as well. For the unseen work they do.

Started watching RVK newscasts when I saw a report of 20,000 earth tremors in the Reykjavic and Gelding........ area. What! thinks ignorant me. Valur was walking through an area where it was thought an eruption would occur, as I recall. As far as I can count, I've watched every newscast since and will continue to do so even without volcano. The magnificent camera work by Art, capturing the terrifying, mesmerising beauty of this long eruption was glorious. Valur"s lively, intelligent commentary was a joy to the ear. Still is. Valur and Josie, congratulations on this presentation. Particularly fine and a perfect format. Enjoyed it hugely. Thanks to the whole Grapevine team - that includes Polly. Bless you for bringing us this latest gem. Oh, by the way, please don't either of you lose your lovely accents.

Valur and Josie Anne, this is (really, really) great. The review is excellent and personal. The set-up for the interview is perfect and friendly. You are correct that your reporting of the volcano was the spark that made your KZread channel go exponential and thanks to KZread's algorithm your channel pop-up on my home screen. I only wish I could be there in person to shake your hand and congratulate you and your team...well done you.

I remember having the live cams on nearly 24/7, watching every one of your newscasts for updates just waiting for the eruption. Seeing that red glow on the live cams just filled me with so much excitement to see the next newscast. To see a 'new' volcano be born and grow over live cams and newscast was amazing. Thank you for all the coverage!

Great memories I watched the live coverage for hours it became an addiction day in day out and Valur's exiting reports was the icing on the cake.

I found the first videos of volcano on March 20th and almost daily for hours on end I was mesmerized by the spectacular for the next 6 to 7 months. Watching it change daily getting invested in the community of viewers that watched with me. It was so calming that I wish we had something like it now. I missed that time of my life. You were a part of it. Along with the others that kept us informed.

Brilliant! We've been watching, subscribed & placed orders all thru Covid, for chocs/books/accessories, allsorts, trying to help RGV & at the same time pace things so we got new editions of the paper with each order, it was such a visual lifeline to beloved Iceland when we couldn't get there ourselves! It was amazing & brilliant how things took off for you when the rumblings started & then the eruption kicked off! But we've loved you all from the start (& the paper even longer than that ofc!) & all the extra brilliant sidelines as well, abandoned Iceland, saga stories, supernatural, perspective, roundabout (😉) etc, all the content is just so well done & welcome for all us Íslandsvinir! We've bumped into Valur & the adorable Pollý a couple of times in Rvk & it's always such a buzz, so friendly! And we love your accent Valur so don't stop, we could listen to you all day!

But Valur, the accent is part of the attraction. We who yearn for travelling to Iceland enjoy seeing and hearing everything that is Icelandic. So walking around was a splendid idea - and to involve Polly was just brilliant. 👍

I love this! It was so neat to go back and watch some of the old clips from when I really start following the Reykjavik Grapevine! And the excitement of wondering when and how the magma was going to erupt! Can't wait for the next episode!

@The Reykjavík Grapevine Ah yes!! A year ago!! Thanks to the volcano we got to know you all!! Great look back! Cool cool! Or rather hot!! Grateful! 🇨🇦🙋 Ellen and Jim

OMG 😱 I Absolutely Love this !!! Thank You for showing this on the 1st Anniversary of The Volcano. I appreciate you creating this “ behind the scenes“ documentary. It is wonderful to hear your thoughts as anticipation built about the then oncoming Volcano. It is incredible to realize how much of an impact this has had. I’m eagerly awaiting Part 2 now. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts and feelings from that 1st night on March 19th, 2021. Bring It On!!! Here’s to the Anniversary of the “Little Volcano That Could … And DID !!! “ 🍾😉🇮🇸🌋

A few nights ago I watched Fire & Iceland on Amazon Prime. I highly recommend it. There were interviews with people associated with the six-month life of the volcano, including Valur, beautiful videos of the eruption and lava, and sadness at the end of it all. Thank you, Valur and Josie Ann, for doing part 1 here. Part 2 should be very satisfying.

I remember the night it started. A glow on the horizon. 🙂🌋

Wow - this is brilliant! I discovered your channel at the onset of the volcano. I've stayed for all the news, and enjoy the offerings from your store. After buying a tin of the wonderful incense last year, I would drape my mask over it, so when I wore it, that lovely smell was there. 😊 I'm really enjoying the backstory of before the volcano erupted, and I look forward to reliving the time of the eruption through your channel!

A Portugese woman once told me "Never loose your accent. It's part of your charm"

Awww, what memories this stirs. I was there from the beginning, with the birth of Bob, and segued into watching Reykjavik Grapevine for your great coverage, then right up to the last gasp from Nar. Gosh I miss that volcano family! Thanks for making this memorial set of videos, to honour your wonderful volcano family. I'm glad I can continue being informed about Iclandic news with your intersting newscasts and Polly. Big hugs to all. Stay safe everybody.

I discovered the “Grapevine News Cast” in February 2021 simply by accident…And now through all I have Discovered Iceland…Just goes to show that you can not predict how the future will go…Awesome Stuff… Bob in USA.

I remember watching “the man with the dog,” from before the volcano started. I showed it to my sister before this “new” thing (KZread), I’d found. As in this part, we stopped playing on phones and went out for the day. Thanks for all.

As Bob Hope would sing, Thanks for the Memories! I was glued to my tv watching live shots of the volcano for months and very much appreciated all your news stories. Luckily my family understands my obsession with Iceland. I'm still waiting to take my 10th trip to Iceland, really wish I could move there. Looking forward to Part 2!

Can't wait for the next one. I was totally addicted to my laptop for six months looking to al the webcams and enjoying the Newscast when you and Art went to the volcano in al weather conditions. It was al so mesmerising. I was every time surprised that people could come so close to the volcano. I have watched from the start and could follow all new fissures. I look forward to part 2.

Wow! Wonderful photos and lovely memories! I had never seen Natthagi and Geldingadalir before the eruption. They were absolutely breathtaking with all these patches of green and the gray sea in the distance! Thank you for sharing images and remembrances with us!

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Elizabeth, so glad you enjoyed it.

Oh I have been hoping the RVG would do something like this! Thank you Josie, Valur, Art and Polly. I enjoy the format, and I'm really looking forward to Episode 2.

Awesome! The Grapevine is certainly going from strength to strength, producing quality content, much needed and appreciated by people everywhere and especially those of us with a particular addiction to Iceland. As ever, thanks Josie, Valur, Art, Polly et al.

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Stu.

Valur and Josie - very well done! So nice to visit how all of this got started and how you started the channel. I’m so happy you did. Keep it going!

I love Josie's smile and her warm and accommodating demeanor🤗, the accent is something I would love to hear in my house everyday . . so you're welcome Josie . . . 😘 umm . . . just needed to get that out there. Yes the little spurt that turned into 'Bob' was for me an introduction to volcanology and Iceland, it's ppl. its landscapes and it's mystical culture. Then Bob x 2 went ballistic and was soon replaced by many fissures, what a spectacle! . . . Then a real volcano appeared and by that time 3 valleys had been filled and a huge area was transformed by brimstone and rivers from hell, I was riveted for 6+ months and Covid for me didn't matter! Icelanders however were restrained in their response, they built a wall here and another there and said "yes you're a beast, but we will direct you!" and so it pretty much was . . . now what a lovely story for young Icelandic children and others to hear!

I'd been planning an anniversary re-watch of all the volcano-casts, and here you are, curating the story for me! Brilliant! ... though I will probably still do the re-watch ...

Thank you for this retrospective :) I remember watching first covidcast, trying hard to understand what Valur was saying, but now I got used to and love Icelandic accent so much! Big hugs! 💙💛

Thank you for the memoir. Your coverage was a bright spot, along with obsessive viewing of the live cams, of a troubled covid year.

@TheresaHannahMunns

2 жыл бұрын

A positive response to self isolation

@LibbyRal

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheresaHannahMunns many people became big fans of Iceland during this time, plus developed friendships in the live stream chat rooms. Many of those chat rooms, with good moderators, were havens of kindness and caring to the participants. I certainly became of fan of Iceland, The Grapevine, Valur and Polly!

Definitely a historic event, that was closely followed for such a long time. The changes to the entire area were impressive, and finally and fortunately relatively harmless. It could have been so much worse had it not finally died out before breaking through to coast or worse towards the towns.

This was so much fun to watch. Thanks Josie and Valur for all the great footage of the volcano! I was so lucky to be living in Iceland back then when it happened, so I witnessed all the eartquakes and the eruption itself. This video brings back a lot of good memories. I can't wait for the next episode!

This started when I began working on a movie for Netflix in Ireland and nobody had any idea that it even existed!

Absolutely brilliant can't wait for the next episode

You know, I would probably buy a compilation DVD of all the fantastic volcano-related newscasts that you produced for the duration. Maybe something to put together and sell in the shop? Especially the ones with drone footage. Every broadcast from the volcano was so much fun to watch (for those of us who could not visit for ourselves). Can't wait to see Part II of this mini documentary!

your coverage was phenominal many thanks for all the fforts and reports..

Very well done. I didn't start watching your channel until the volcano had just started erupting and was becoming a media sensation. Thanks for putting this documentary together. I look forward to the next one.

I love this channel, i think i been with you almost every episode since April/May 2021. Its been a daily thing to watch more or less, specially with news on volcano changes. And I’m still here too. I’m Swedish and have been dreaming of to visit Iceland, sooner or later. I like the casual walking with Polly, and sightseeing some parts of your country, mainly the volcano part, or parts of Reykjavik and its parks etc. And i always love the drone shoots. It’s a great marketing tool four future tourists as myself! 😁😎👍 Keep up the good work! Swedish greetings! /Thony Ekström

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thony, we hope to see you over here someday.

Thank you Josie and Valur for this interview about the beginning of the eruption 🌋 I look forward to part two. I follow all the newscasts sinds the eruption. Greetings from the Netherlands.

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Yvonne!

Ahhh, it's Gutntag! Good to see you again. Spent many hours watching Geldingadalir last year!

Very good, thank you. i”ll be waiting for the next episode. I joined during the eruption and have been a fan since. Good interview skills Josie. Valur, Josie is a gem, don’t let someone else steal her away from Reykjavik Grapevine. Where’s Polly? Cheers from Texas, USA.

Can’t wait for the next one! You say that the area around fagradalsfjall looks that way become it is young land, (I noticed this myself when I drove there in October last year), does this mean that all of Iceland once looked like this?

Great showcase of your teams talents, hope it wins many awards.

This is interesting! I thought you had been doing this for a long time, I didn't know you started it right before the volcano and that's what made your channel more famous! wow.. thats how I found you guys. by the way. I was following a Icelandic channel that was watching the earthquakes and waiting for the eruption and talking about where it may be erupt at and then after it all happend I saw your channel in my recomended list. Can't wait for the next installment on this.

This was delightful to watch. So many good memories! I can't wait for the next part. Happy 1st birthday to the volcano. :)

Loved this! Wonderful intro music. Can't wait for part 2 🥰. 🙋🏼‍♀️🇦🇺

It's wonderful to hear about the volcano from Icelandic perspective. The volcano has introduced the world to Iceland 🇮🇸 and what a beautiful country it is.

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Caroline :)

This is looking great! - can't wait for episode 2! Will you be considering creating a version for sale in your shop? Would make a great moment for us! Once you have completed your you-tube episodes of cours....

Just watched the documentary on Prime. Very nicely done. Look forward to part 2. Thank you so much for what you do.

Wonderful to hear the back-story and learn how things changed and why.

Fascinating to see what went on before the eruption. I only came on the scene within a day of the eruption. And you all handled it so well, I was hooked.

What a great watch this is, one year later. Thank you for all the entertainment and information you've provided for such a long time, and through the last two difficult years. I love my Polly coffee cup. It keeps me closer to my favourite country outside of Canada.

Big fan….Still am ! The walking tours are fun and interesting. Seeing Polly encouraged me to get another dog.

Great interview and what a treasure to do a walking newspaper with Polly!

To be clear; Kellir is not a “volcano” per se, but it is the result of a single volcanic eruption, a Pleistocene fissure eruption that occurred under the multiple-kilometer-thick ice cap of the last Glacial Maximum. Similar to how volcanoes under Vatnajökull, etc erupt subglacial today and melt holes in the glacier, the fissure under Kellir melted a cavity within the thick ice cap, and this cavity was filled with lava, in the form of submarine pillow lavas in the subglacial lake that formed in this cavity, and hyaloclastite from interactions with lava and the water. When the ice melted and partially eroded this pile of lava that filled up a subglacial lake thousands of years ago, Kellir was left behind. This type of volcanic landform is called a “tuya”. Though in Iceland they call them “móberg”.

Wow, I almost forgot that today it is it's birthday too, not just mine😂

I hope you make a compilation of the volcano videos for schools.

Okay - so it's great to see Valur's doggie Polly featured. To give this documentary a bit more bite, it would be good to use the "dateline" titles (the ones that look like they are being typed out) and to have a trendline showing the # of subscribers to the channel plotted against calendar dates. We fans want to be amazed by statistics.

So amazing to see. Bravo to those who made this video.

Stay tuned?! Until when? Seems like you're taking a cue from American media - keep the viewer in suspense. ☺️ I think it's fair to say that many of us came here for the volcano but stayed for Polly. ❤️ I doubt there is a better Chief of Morale Officer anywhere else in broadcast media.

Only a year ago, what a year!

It's very good, but there is so much background noise at the lava centre 😅

Great background, looking forward to Part 2!

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

That was excellent! I first subscribed to the print edition of the Grapevine around 2004. I let the subscription expire a few years later when I found I could get most of the info on the Grapevine website. When Covid came along I subscribed again to do whatever I could to support The Grapevine because it had become my primary source of news and information concerning Iceland. I had other sources, like Iceland Review and news in English pages of Morgunblaðið and DV. But none covered the news as thoroughly or as timely as Grapevine. I was so happy when you started posting on KZread and amazed at how quickly you developed from simply a news and entertainment and arts magazine to an incredible source of not only those, but Icelandic history, folklore, sagas, language and pretty much everything else to do with Iceland! And here you are, exceeding my expectations again!

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter - we so appreciate your support

So good 🤗🤗🤗

Like many others, I came for the volcano and stayed for the hardy news-dog and her faithful assistants. Mind you, more vulcanism would be fine as well...

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

We are but her humble servants, exactly right!

Am I remembering correctly - was Josie Anne an intern at some point and is now a reporter with you?

My cildren still laugh at the fact that their Mom watched like bewitched the lifestream, and screamed about the eruptions :-D By the way, I reckon Valur´s accent sounds quite Scottish.

What happened to Saga Stories and Supernatural Iceland

I can imagine that if you are there where 100's + e/quakes happen every day the anxiety and expectant tensions would build to a crescendo, you await and hope for a release. Does this remind you of any biological processes? It's the build up of expectations that make us more intent and that makes any climax all the more intense, sorry if this needs an X rating but actually I love the similarity between slow geology and the build up, this nervous excitement, expectation, experience and final satisfaction that ppl. have when they reach the conclusion. And then came Josie, and it starts all over again! 🤣

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Southeast? Oraefajokull stratovolcano is in the southeast corner of Iceland... Krysuvik is in the Southwest corner...

Begging you guys to CC your videos pleeease, I'll do it if you need someone...

Have you watched the New Zealand Prime Minister who was doing a press conference when an earthquake hit, in May 2020. She was so ‘matter of fact’ about it.

I guess I'm the only Iceland photographer that have never been there haha :s

Joch gace beufull future going

Have you been nominated for Streamys yet?

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

No, we'll have to look into it!

Doc was ok. Would have liked to see more volcano footage...less chat. VALUR! What possessed you to wear that horrible hat.? That said...I have been a fan of this channel and especially Valur's onsite coverage of the volcano.

Disappointed in this part as way too much talking.