Exploration du glacier Sólheimajökull

At the end of the road, silence. Then light: blocks of intensely blue ice, sometimes streaked with volcanic ash, drift slowly across water as smooth as a mirror. Behind them, the glacier tongue, born of the Vatnajökull ice cap, one of the largest in Europe. This is where icebergs break off the glacier before reaching the ocean. If you’ve opted for a private guide, they’ll explain ...

The Þríhnúkagígur volcano, dormant for 4,000 years, owes its unpronounceable name to the three crater-topped ridges that make it up. On an excursion into the planet's arteries, one of them becomes the setting for a once-in-a-lifetime exploration.Straddling the boundary of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, Iceland is renowned volcanic territory. On one of Þríhnúkagígur's ...

Board a helicopter to fly over one of Iceland’s most imposing glaciers, Langjökull (“long glacier”), which covers 950 km². You can also explore its uninhabited terrain by superjeep.After taking in this expanse dating back to the ice age, venture into an artificial ice tunnel that burrows 600 m into the glacier at an altitude of 1,200 m. In this one-of-a-kind ice labyrinth, you’ll ...