Banana plantation in Iceland

Iceland is a volcanic island, located on a hotspot on the mid-Atlantic ocean ridge, where the north American and Eurasian plates meet.

Kjartan, a researcher at the Icelandic Agricultural University, in the banana plantation in Hveragerði. This greenhouse has been growing bananas for research purposes since the 1950s and it is one of Europe‘s largest plantations. Hveragerði means hot springs garden. In this area, geothermal energy has been used for decades to heat the greenhouses and to provide illumination during the darkest months. Photograph: Simone Tramonte