10 Best Places Around The World To See Stunning Glaciers
Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland
The land of fire and ice is a glacier wonderland, with 11% of the nation's terrain covered in icecaps - one of which is Europe's largest glacier, Vatnajokull, a glorious UNESCO World Heritage site in itself making up 8% of Iceland. Amidst this show-stopping glacier is a network of stunning ice caves, while below its surface are epic volcanoes bubbling away at icy depths.
Enormous and mighty it may be, it's not immune to climate change; Vatnajokull Glacier is retreating by approximately three football fields each year in some areas. Glacier fanatics and those who wish to learn more will benefit from visiting Perlan in Reykjavik, where the Glaciers and Ice Cave exhibition - the very first of its kind on earth - is overflowing with exhibits, information, and educational content about these magnificent spectacles of nature.
The land of fire and ice is a glacier wonderland, with 11% of the nation's terrain covered in icecaps - one of which is Europe's largest glacier, Vatnajokull, a glorious UNESCO World Heritage site in itself making up 8% of Iceland. Amidst this show-stopping glacier is a network of stunning ice caves, while below its surface are epic volcanoes bubbling away at icy depths.
Enormous and mighty it may be, it's not immune to climate change; Vatnajokull Glacier is retreating by approximately three football fields each year in some areas. Glacier fanatics and those who wish to learn more will benefit from visiting Perlan in Reykjavik, where the Glaciers and Ice Cave exhibition - the very first of its kind on earth - is overflowing with exhibits, information, and educational content about these magnificent spectacles of nature.
Advertisements
14 January 2022
Advertisements
