Iceland

An old abandoned house with a roof of grass built into a hillside to get away from the continual winds and cold weather.

Skogafoss falls. Skogafoss is unique because the waterfall comes directly from two glaciers, Eyjafjallajokull and Myrdalsjokull.

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Proununciation of Icelandic names is not easy for most of us.

Summer time and it is cool weather for camping at the falls.

Care to rent an RV for camping in Iceland?

The glacier you see is Sotheimajokull in which we will be climbing onto this glacier.

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Closer view of where will be hiking in a few minutes.

A  black substance called Cryoconite is causing glaciers all over the world to melt more quickly today than in the past.

Even with the crampons it was treacherous hiking each step on the glacier.

Explaining what we are seeing, about the movement, depth of the glacier and age of the glacier thousands of years.

The crevasses can be hundreds of feet down  in length.  These have melted hugely in recent years.

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