Swimming between two continents, debunked

Silfra, in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland, is where the Eurasian and North American continental plates are dividing. It's a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents. Well, sort of. As ever, it's a bit more complicated than that. Þingvellir geology: https://www.thingvellir.is/en/history-nature/nature/geologic-history/ https://notendur.hi.is/oi/geology_of_thingvellir.htm Þingvellir history: https://www.thingvellir.is/en/history-nature/history/ An interoduction to divergent plate boundaries: https://geology.com/nsta/divergent-plate-boundaries.shtml Articles mentioned: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/dive-between-two-continental-plates-iceland-180957983/ http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20140617-swim-between-two-tectonic-plates https://www.businessinsider.com/scuba-diving-between-two-continents-2015-12?r=UK Filmed safely: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/ 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/ ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif