Why Iceland Is Iceland?

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Why Iceland Is Iceland?




Why does Iceland have such a name? To answer this question let's have a look at the largest glacier of Iceland called Vatnajökull. A place from where numerous icebergs start their cruises.

The beautiful glacier lagoon - a quite uninhabited place.




Bracing air and a wonderful view from the tent which most of the hotels won't be able to offer you.














The water temperature is +2 C. The air temperature is about +6-7 C.

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[I]3000 crowns (about $25) and you are on a short cruise along the lagoon.



These amphibias were once used in the film "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider". They depicted Russian ships somewhere in Siberia and were repainted in green to look more natural.



A one-minute scene from the James Bond's adventures was also shot here. For this purpose the whole lagoon was frozen in a month.









This piece of ice is 1000 years old. At the time of the first settlers the fallen snow was compressed, turned into the ice and started its slow moving to this lagoon.







Water (even in the form of ice) absorbs the whole spectrum except the blue color which reflects. But there is one important condition - the ice must be thick and smooth. After an overturn the iceberg is blue but then the upper layer melts and it becomes white again.

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Theo /wonderaday