Volcano in Iceland

I associate volcanoes more with equatorial region than above tropic of cancer or below tropic of capricorn, of course without any reason. When I first saw/read about volcano in Iceland, I was amused. There is a country called Iceland and it has a volcano which has become active. I remember seeing one James Bond film about Iceland and since it is a film, I thought it is just 'fiction' and thought of it to be a near 'virgin island' or to put in Tamil 'கன்னித்தீவு' just like the one Tom Hanks lands in 'Cast Away'.

Today I first read the grim prognosis. Then I read about the Icelandic plume and the plunge. To quote, Grounding of 17,000 flights for the last three days makes it the biggest airspace shutdown since the Second World War. First I saw how far Iceland is from Europe, rather mainland Europe by checking the map. It seems to be atleast 1000 kms from London or Frankfurt :o I remember one volcano erupting in Andamans which is nearly the same distance from Chennai. I dont remember any flight disruptions in Chennai, though Chennai was not a 'busy airport' in those days.

Maybe the volcano in Andamans is just active for the sake of being 'active'. I remember Mount Vesuvius (somewhere in Europe) being the active in the past century. It is time that nature gets back at humans ;)