Jökulsárlón
- 2015
Jökulsárlón (literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.
It developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers.
It is now 1.5 kilometres away from the ocean's edge and it recently became the deepest lake in Iceland as glacial retreat extended its boundaries.
The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s.
Jökulsárlón has been a setting for four Hollywood movies - A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Batman Begins.
We had a cruise on the lagoon on an amphibious vehicle, a LARC-V.
Another great site, equal to any that we saw in Spitsbergen.
We stayed overnight at Gerdi Guest House, not far from Jökulsarlón Glacier Lagoon.
It was 3 days before my birthday, and as a special treat, Margaret bought me Lanoustine (Norwegian lobster) and ice-cream for dinner.
They had some great pictures on display at the guest house.
These pictures were on the wall at our guest house (Gerdi Guest House).
Jökulsárlón (literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.
It developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers.
It is now 1.5 kilometres away from the ocean's edge and it recently became the deepest lake in Iceland as glacial retreat extended its boundaries.
The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s.
Jökulsárlón has been a setting for four Hollywood movies - A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Batman Begins.
We had a cruise on the lagoon on an amphibious vehicle, a LARC-V.
Another great site, equal to any that we saw in Spitsbergen.
We stayed overnight at Gerdi Guest House, not far from Jökulsarlón Glacier Lagoon.
It was 3 days before my birthday, and as a special treat, Margaret bought me Lanoustine (Norwegian lobster) and ice-cream for dinner.
They had some great pictures on display at the guest house.
These pictures were on the wall at our guest house (Gerdi Guest House).
