Earthquakes, eruptions, even the remnants of a hurricane — it’s just another day in Iceland. “We never promise the weather,” said our guide, Hakon Oskarsson. “In Iceland, we never promise good weather” — or that nature will be calm, tame or docile. But what Iceland promises — and delivers on — more than makes up for the weather’s extreme variability. For starters, there’s the extraordinary, almost otherworldly landscape shaped by millennia of dynamic natural forces — vast glaciers, dormant and active volcanoes, shooting geysers and geothermal hot springs, black sand beaches and fantastical lava fields. Oh, and more waterfalls than you can imagine. Then there’s the animal life, including...
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