Adventures in Iceland

by Helen Pearce

Geysir
Iceland is full of natural hot springs and sofataras - this one spouts out...

Thingvellir National Park
about an hour from Reykjavik, this park lies on the 5km wide fault which runs...

Lava Fields
miles and miles of old lava stretches across the country. Iceland has...

Orca
We went whale watching from Olavsvik on the west coast north of the...

A Rare Sunset
Iceland has 22 hours of daylight in the summer months, so it doesnt...

Cessna and Pilot
Went on an amazing flight in this plane over Myvatn (the most volcanic...

Pseudocraters at Myvatn

Askja crater in the interior

Glacier
jokull glacier - europes largest glacier, it is black in places due to...

Dettifoss
This massive waterfall is extremely powerful and has created a huge canyon

Canyon
Weird canyon (can recall its name at the mo...) formed by a fall in...

Fresh Lava
well, when i say fresh, i mean 14 years old - this eruption near myvatn split...

Bubbling Mud
Near the Krafla site, gases from the earth keep it bubbling

Stinky stinky stinky
my god do these solfataras stink! it made me gag, weird rotten egg...

Godafoss Waterfall
unfortunately it rained when we visited, but this is a trylu beautiful...

Rocks
In the middle of nowhere, crossing the center of the island (the interior),...

Puffins
these are so cute!! like cartoons. tee hee! It is a delicacy in Iceland, how...

Beach near Vik
this is one of the worlds most beautiful beaches according to national...

Seijlandfoss
You can walk behind this one - im a tiny (wet) purple blob behind it on the left

8 wheel drive snowtruck
this took us up the glacier to go husky dog sledding.... Mush!! p.s. it is a...

Einstein
aww such a cute doggy! these dogs were used in tombradier. the ride...

Having a rest
they can go for 10 hours a day with just a 10 min break every 30 mins....

Icebergs
on jokulsarlon lake in the south. these were eerily beautiful

Barnafoss
this waterfall goes down into the canyon created by the fault at Thingvellir

Krafla Lava
about 10 years old... and still hot, still steaming - you can see it...

article published 07/29/2004

Comments

Add a comment

this is just super. what a great story and lovely pictures, thank you!
— katie, November 5, 2004

Congratulations on the photo of the week
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. That horrible smell is hydrogen sulphide and they should have warned you. Information at http://www.ssafety.com/htwos.htm
— Dwayne Jenkins, November 4, 2004

nice place look wonderful. thanks for sharing.. Erina
— The Explorers, November 2, 2004

Thanks so much, Helen, for your terrific photos of Iceland! I couldn't possibly eat a puffin, either, in fact, I didn't know they were a delicacy! I love that place, the scenery is mesmerizing! It doesn't really get that cold..or was I just lucky!? I was there once in summer, and once in winter.
— Eleanor Robb, November 2, 2004

Wonderful
What a wonderful place!! Thanks for sharing all these nice shots.
— Dawnblazer, July 30, 2004

NO IDEA
I had no idea that iceland was that impressive . Guess this is one of the reasons that i visit this site everyday. That shot of you walking behind the waterfall is excellent. Congratulation for a excellent presentation.
— ed braxton, July 29, 2004

Bookmark with del.icio.us | Digg this article