What is the most amazing thing about Iceland?
Last week The Royal Grammar School High Wycombe headed out to the remote Arctic edge of Europe for a once-in-a-lifetime Icelandic adventure! With a jam-packed itinerary the school’s budding young geographers were lucky enough to see many of the country’s vast variety of natural wonders. But what was it that the school’s staff and students most enjoyed about the land of fire and ice?
Not the Blue Lagoon’s Otherworldly Waters…
Although a truly unique and memorable experience, it wasn’t the Blue Lagoon’s chalky waters and surreal landscape that did it for the Iceland High Wycombe trip goers…
Nor the Thunderous Power of Iceland’s Iconic Waterfalls…
Nor was it the magnificent thundering waterfalls of Oxarafoss, Gullfoss and Gljufrabui…
Nor the Basalt Columns Rising from the Black Sands…
It wasn’t the towering convoluted basaltic intrusion creating the basalt columns rising from the black beach at Reynishverfi…
Not Even the Mysterious Depths of a Lava Tube
It also wasn’t the impressive lava tube tunnelling its way for 1.3 km under the Reykjanes Peninsula…
Strokkur’s Eruptions Leave a Lasting Impression for Some
For some it was experiencing the raw energy of Strokkur at Geysir
A Glacier Walk to Remember
…but far and away the majority of the boys considered walking on a glacier and experiencing its enormity to be their lasting memory of Iceland!
Facing the Ice Giant
After climbing the snout, the sheer scale of the Solheimajokull (or sunshine glacier) is breathtaking. Here ash layers from Eyjafjallajokull’s eruptions and seasonally blown ash covering the glacier’s surface result in its unusual striped appearance.
Brave Explorers Amid Arctic Winds and Endless Ice
The little black dots near the skyline are the students taking part in the adventurous glacier walk, braving the inclement and fast changing weather patterns during their expedition.
A Celestial Finale
The trip concluded in the best way possible – with an appearance of the illusive Northern Lights. What an unforgettable ending to an unforgettable tour!
Geographical Gems Await
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