Jökull day

So today has been glacier day. We started off at the glacier museum in Höfn. Learning all about glacier, how they are formed, what they can do and so on. Most of all we learnt that jökull means glacier in Icelandic and is a rather popular name.

Brimmed with all our new knowledge we set off to visit Vatnajökull. The worlds largest glacier outside the arctic region! Which accidently has the amount of water that would equal 40 cm deep water covering the whole of Iceland. And during its fastest rush, it can move four meters in an hour. But generally it is pretty still. See I have learnt something today.



Our main target was the lagoon with icebergs, Jökulsárlón. Got to see plenty of them as we took a boat ride in the lagoon. And saw a seal too.

After that we had a small adventure on the beach. The hired car wasn't to keen on black volcanic beach sand. So we got a bit stuck. As I wandered off to get some help, hubby found some passing Germans to give the car a good push. Hurray, and we were off again.




Tomorrow is getting up close and personal with the glacier.