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Off the Map Travel has launched a “Glacier Lagoon Adventure” program. The private, five-night tour is available for booking now for dates from mid-January through March 2023.
Map of the Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland. First things first: Vatnajökull is big (see below). Real big, at least as modern glaciers go. It covers 8100 km 2 of the landmass of Iceland with a ...
Iceland is a land of elemental extremes, where some of the most powerful forces on Earth are constantly shaping the terrain.
Oddur Sigurðsson, a geologist in the Icelandic Meteorological Office, declared the largely vanished Okjökull glacier dead in 2014. Five years later, on August 18, Sigurðsson and others will ...
Iceland is a living masterpiece sculpted by two of nature’s most powerful elements, fire and ice. In this video, embark on an ...
A high-precision radar instrument left Southern California for Iceland today to create detailed maps of how glaciers move in the dead of winter. This will help scientists better understand some […] ...
Drones help map Iceland's disappearing glaciers A new 3D process which involves old aerial photos and modern-day drone photography has shed light on accelerated ice loss from some of Iceland's ...
Iceland's interesting topography can be seen beautifully on this map made up of elevation contours. The country's name brings bright white ice and cold blues to mind, but I think the brilliant ...
Mark Simons, professor of geophysics at Caltech, along with graduate student Brent Minchew, recently logged over 40 hours of flight time mapping the surface of Iceland's glaciers. Flying over two ...
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE >> A new radar system left sunny, bustling Southern California on Tuesday en route to study frigid, slow-moving melting glaciers in Iceland, which have a major effect on … ...
Grímsvötn erupting in 2004 through the Vatnajökull glacier. Finally, the most famous subglacial resident at Vatnajökull is Grímsvötn - not only is it one of the most active volcanoes on Iceland, but ...