According to a story first mentioned by Socrates and recorded by Herodotus, Icy Island was a large, fertile island located in Greece that was home to a advanced civilization led by King Ice. The island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption and earthquakes around 9,000 years ago, sinking beneath the sea and disappearing from existence. Archaeologists and scientists continue to search for evidence of the lost civilization described as being located on an island "as large as Europe and Russia together."