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Photos: Inside Vatnajökull’s Majestic Ice Caves
Our intrepid photographer Art Bicnick recently took a drive around Iceland’s frozen southern coastline, coming back with a treasure trove of images. One of the stops was the Vatnajökull ice cave, also known as the “crystal cavern.” “We had about a 30-minute…
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Visit Sólheimajökull: A Glacier In Retreat
As the dizzy heights of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier come into view, most people understandably feel a magnetic pull to the otherworldly ice cap. The most accessible place to satisfy the urge get your feet on the ice is Sólheimajökull. Various tour companies…
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Icelandic Artist Installing Glacial “Ice Watch” In Paris
Danish-Icelandic artist, Ólafur Elíasson, will be shipping melting glacier ice to Paris to be displayed at the Place de Pantheon during the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. The Ice Watch, as it is called, is a memorial to the rapidly melting Arctic…
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VIDEO: Iceberg Breaks Off Glacier, Blows Hiker’s Mind
A group of travellers managed to capture the moment when an enormous iceberg broke off of Svínafellsjökull glacier on film, reports Nútíminn. “Oh my God! Oh Geez! Oh my!” the bystander gasps as he films the incident on his phone. “We just…
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Rescue Team Called Out To Save Hikers
Iceland’s Search and Rescue team was called out to Sólheimajökull Glacier late yesterday to help a group of eight lost hikers, reports Vísir. According to the Icelandic Association of Search and Rescue time got away from the hikers and as a result they…
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Get Me To A Glacier!
It’s easy to get distracted by the routine of Reykjavík life. Mine goes something like: intern, race to Bónus before it closes, write, make a fool of myself at Paloma, eat take-out in bed and feel like a sack of shit the next…
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Inside Langjökull’s Ice Cave: The Glacial Cavemen
Just outside of Reykjavík, past the snowy bulge of Úlfarsfell and the small satellite town of Mosfellsbær, lies the way to the northern reaches of Iceland. The road passes the hiking trails at the feet of mount Esja before arcing up past…
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Misbehaving Nuns, Ancient Ice: Five Seasonal South Iceland Sights
Ideally, all of your travels in Iceland would be accompanied by mild weather and cloudless skies, but waiting for perfect weather in this country is much like waiting for Godot. This shouldn’t faze you, though, because the shoulder seasons (September and October,…
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Under The Ice: Beneath Vatnajökull Lies A Photographer’s Paradise
Seeing a glacier for the first time is a memorable experience. As the southern ring road from Reykjavík gently loops towards the coast, the peaks of Eyjafjallajökull start to appear, a white shadow against the sky, almost unbelievably high. It’s soon followed…
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Iceland’s Glaciers Have Shrunk Significantly
Satellite images from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) show that there has been a staggering decrease in the ice capping Mýrdalsjökull and Eyjafjallajökull since 1986, reports the Weather Network. The ice caps are located over two active volcanoes, Mýrdalsjökull, the larger cap in…
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Thinning Ice Could Lead To More Volcanic Activity
The “ice” of Iceland is melting rapidly, causing the land to rebound from the Earth’s crust, reports Quartz. According to recently published research by a team of scientists from the University of Arizona, as this process intensifies it risks upping the frequency…
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Natural Treasure Lake Jökulsárlón For Sale
The lagoon Jökulsárlón – Glacier-river-lagoon, in a verbatim translation – is for sale. So to speak. The plot of land lying up to the glacial lake’s east bank will be auctioned March 4 2015. This was reported by RÚV. Reportedly, the owners…
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Bárðarbunga Eruption More Likely
The likelihood of an eruption in the Bárðarbunga caldera is increasing, says volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson. “It is becoming more likely that there will be an eruption under the glacier at Bárðarbunga,” Ármann told Vísir. “The eruption in Holuhraun can’t handle much more…
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Over The Glacier: Ice Hiking On Vatnajökull
Vatnajökull is the second largest glacier in all of Europe, covering 8% of Iceland’s land mass and dominating the southeast corner of the country. Visible only on clear days, the glacier’s peak sits atop a vast sheet of compacted snow and ice,…
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Volcano Watch: Holuhraun Update And New Photos
Two new fissures have opened up in the Holuhraun eruption, about 1.5 kilometres south of the previous eruption site. According to eye witnesses the lava streaming out of the new fissures is creeping slowly towards Dyngjujökull glacier. While flying over Holuhraun, photographer…
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Breaking News: Eruption Confirmed At Holuhraun
The Icelandic Met Office has confirmed an eruption has started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull. This is further backed up by the Míla live-feed where the eruption is visible in the distance. According to Iceland’s Civil Protection Authority the lava is making its way to the…
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Area North Of Bárðarbunga Volcano Evacuated
An evacuation order went into effect yesterday in the area north of Vatnajökull glacier, in light of ongoing earthquake activity around the Bárðarbunga volcano, reports RÚV. According to Víðir Reynisson, department manager of Iceland’s Civil Protection and Emergency Management, the evacuation has been a success though he…
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Glacial Wonderland: Ice Hiking In Vatnajökull
Vatnajökull is the second largest glacier in all of Europe, covering 8% of Iceland’s land mass and dominating the southeast corner of the country. Visible only on clear days, the glacier’s peak sits atop a vast sheet of compacted snow and ice,…
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Iceland In Miniature: Snæfellsnes
Having planned to spend much of this summer—my first summer in Iceland, in fact—gallivanting around the country, I’ve instead spent most of my time in the city, close to home. But today, I’m lucky. In the name of research, my partner and…
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Seriously, Stay Away From Katla
Tourists and tour companies are ignoring instructions from the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, the police and scientists to steer clear of Mýrdalsjökull and Sólheimajökull which border and cover Katla, reports RÚV. As reported, although there are no indications of an…
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Experts: Katla Not Erupting But Stay Away
Geologists flew over Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which covers the active volcano Katla, yesterday to investigate sudden glacial flooding in Múlakvísl river and Jökulsá river, reports RÚV. “It is obvious that [the floodwater] is originating from Katla, but there is nothing that points to a…
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Glacier Recedes 240 Metres In 20 Years (UPDATE: 887 Metres)
Sólheimajökull glacier has receded by 240 metres 887 metres in just 20 years, reports RÚV (update due to RÚV correcting its numbers). Roughly 300 travellers visit Sólheimajökull glacier each day during tourist season though there is less to see with each passing year. “The glacier…
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The Centre Of The Universe
“Welcome to the centre of the universe,” our guide Stefnir Gíslason says as we drive along a snow-covered, two-lane road surrounded by barren, snow-covered cliffs. We are arriving at the convergence zone of three massive glaciers, including the famously unpronounceable Eyjafjallajökull. It’s…