Lagoon

Flashback: Tuesday, July 20, 2004

After a hard day of surveying, and dodging the skuas, a pleasant surprise trip to the Jökulsárlón (glacial lagoon).

Placid

If it looks familiar, you may have seen this place before, in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider or Die Another Day.

Circling

The tour boats are actually amphibious boats with wheels, painted grey for Angelina Jolie's visit.

Bridge

It is rumoured that they use tugboats to keep the bergs in the lagoon for the tourists. I wonder if they also tow away the muddy and unsightly ones.

Calving

The Breiðamerkurjökull which feeds the lagoon is rapidly retreating. One day this may all be gone.

Jökulsárlón Panorama