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'This programme looks at the Laki eruption on Iceland in 1783. It considers the immediate impact on Iceland and across Europe where a sulphuric haze engulfed North-Western Europe for several months.... The programme uses the contemporary testimonies of Jón Steingrímsson and Gilbert White to examine the effects of the eruption in Iceland and across Europe.'
'This programme looks at the Laki eruption on Iceland in 1783. It considers the immediate impact on Iceland and across Europe where a sulphuric haze engulfed North-Western Europe for several months.... The programme uses the contemporary testimonies of Jón Steingrímsson and Gilbert White to examine the effects of the eruption in Iceland and across Europe.'
| Series: | Timewatch |
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| First transmission date: | 2006 |
| Published: | 2006 |
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| Duration: | 00:48:18 |
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| Directors: | Monika KupperDan Walker |
| Producers: | Monik. Kupper; Dan Walker |
| Narrator: | Michael Praed |
| Contributors: | Mar Brayshay; Joh Grattan; Eleano Highwood; Sigurgeir Jónsso; Stephen Self; Tho Thordarson; G. Woo |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/timewatch/index.shtml OU Website: http://www.open2.net/timewatch/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Lava flows--Iceland--History--18th century; Laki (Iceland) --Eruption, 1783-1784 |
| Production number: | LSGB622A |
| Videofinder number: | 7382 |
| Available to public: | no |
