Jökulsárlón is the largest glacier lagoon or lake in Iceland.Situated in south eastern Iceland, at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier branching from the Vatnajökull, between Skaftafell National Park and Höfn, it evolved into a lagoon after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at […]
Ulrik, Unnur, Markús, Björg and JöriWhen we drove up to Jöklasel and the snowy glacier Vatnajökull we had no breathtaking views of deep vallyes, high mountains and of course, the great Vatnajökull itself. Fog and haze prevented all of that until we arrived at Jöklasel – the trip on Vatnajökull activated the adrenalin pump and […]
Höfn or Höfn í Hornafirði is an Icelandic fishing town in the southeastern part of the country. As of 2009, the population was 2,200. Höfn harbour is surrounded on three sides by the sea, with beaches on the long shoreline on the southeast. Sand bars and glacial rivers traverse this area with many shifting lagoons […]
Djúpivogur is a small town located on a peninsula in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður. The town has an approximate population of 400 people. Fishing has been the primary engine for Djúpivogur’s economy for centuries. In recent times, the tourism industry has blossomed and a hotel, restaurants, cafés, […]
Seyðisfjörður is a village in the Eastfjords of Iceland, at the end of the fjord of the same name. A road over Fjarðarheiði mountain pass connects Seyðisfjörður to the rest of Iceland; 27 km from the ring road and Egilsstaðir.Seyðisfjörður is surrounded by mountains on all sides with most prominent Mt. Bjólfur to the West […]
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project is a hydroelectricity plant in eastern Iceland designed to produce 4,600 GWh annually for Alcoa’s Fjardaál aluminum smelter 75 km to the east in Reyðarfjörður. The project, named after nearby Mount Kárahnjúkur, involves damming the Jökulsá á Dal River and the Jökulsá í Fljótsdal River with five dams, creating three reservoirs. Water […]
This is where we met our Waterloo, although we had been warned! Askja can be reached by two roads – an easy and short road passing Lindaá and a much longer and difficult road which we took because the shortest road had been closed for several days due to a high water level in Lindaá. […]
The meeting of two expeditions! Jöri took the short and risky road, while we took the long, scenic and troublesome road. Herðubreið is a tuya in northeast Iceland. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the Ódáðahraun desert and close to Askja volcano. The desert is a large lava field […]
Unfortunately we were late on the day we visited Askja, and the sky was covered by clouds just as a slight haze made the colours less shining. However, the landscape was still very impressive and the forces which made it beyound any understanding!Askja is a stratovolcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands […]
The Askja Route The long and difficult route to the huge Askja caldera takes you through a landscape of contrasts, from jagged black volcanic plains and mountains to yellow pumice, with vistas over Vatnajökull icecap. Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when superheated, highly […]