After the Arctic Adventures in Greenland our ship headed south to Iceland – a land of green whereas Greenland had been a land of ice.
We saw many whales on the way and as we approached Iceland
there were plenty of birds including the national bird of Iceland – the puffin.
Puffins were runnning over the sea and diving down, sometimes only seeing the orange of their feet
We landed in the north west corner of Iceland at Stykkishólmur. We had a tour of this area of Iceland visiting a cave formed from a lava plume, an extinct volcanic crater and walked along the coast marvelling at the rock formations. All of this was overseen by the Snæfellsjökull glacier. The scenery of mountains, glaciers and lava beds was magnificent.
Here are a few photos to give you a taster of the wonderful day. I want to see more of Iceland.
Landing at Stykkishólmur The remains of a volcano with its lava all aroundBlueberries ready to eatIn the depths of the Vatnshellir Cave with its 200-metre lava tubeThe 1948 wreck of the Grimsby trawler Epine on the pebbly beach at DjúpalónssandurViews from the clifftop walk into the bay at DritvikThe crater from an extinct volcanoThe magnificent Kirkjufell mountain
There is a video on YouTube with more photos of this day in Iceland. You can watch it below:
Nannie RaRa is the author of the childrens books 'No more adventures?' and 'Search for the Wibble', both tales of Grandad’s Magic Dust. She is also creator of Counting Creatures – an Android app that teaches children to count using pictures of real creatures. Nannie RaRa enjoys photography and cooking.
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