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Skaftafell. Grand, diverse, gorgeous, and so much fun. It’s actually quite hard to describe.
The closest glacier outlet to the Skaftafell entrance is a 15 minute walk. Every minute I walked, the air felt just a bit colder until the sun no longer warmed skin. Layers, they came in handy.
At the base of this outlet glacier, I found rocks, carved and crushed out of the mountains by Vatnajökull and time. It’s hard to imagine the mountains are multiple active volcanoes, and it continues to be hard to imagine an ice cap formed above the mountains. It’s impossible to comprehend how this vast expanse of ice slowly slid down rock and left an earthy scar the size of city blocks in its wake.
Mixed in with the rocks, I found writing on the sandy shore of this outlet’s glacial melt. I found stones, left like offerings, before this awesome sight. These stones were positioned to the delight of their authors. They were positioned to remind each other and the world: we were here too.
make a mark
Skaftafell. Grand, diverse, gorgeous, and so much fun. It’s actually quite hard to describe.
The closest glacier outlet to the Skaftafell entrance is a 15 minute walk. Every minute I walked, the air felt just a bit colder until the sun no longer warmed skin. Layers, they came in handy.
At the base of this outlet glacier, I found rocks, carved and crushed out of the mountains by Vatnajökull and time. It’s hard to imagine the mountains are multiple active volcanoes, and it continues to be hard to imagine an ice cap formed above the mountains. It’s impossible to comprehend how this vast expanse of ice slowly slid down rock and left an earthy scar the size of city blocks in its wake.
Mixed in with the rocks, I found writing on the sandy shore of this outlet’s glacial melt. I found stones, left like offerings, before this awesome sight. These stones were positioned to the delight of their authors. They were positioned to remind each other and the world: we were here too.