Iceland: Monumental Scales
If there is one way to describe Iceland, it would be “Monumental Scale”. The country really boarders on the extremes. The entire country’s population (320,137 (2012)) is less than ½ of Boston’s and 2/3 of them live in their capital City Reykjavik. It is north of NYC by almost all of Canada but it is warmer by about 10 degrees in the winter. Almost 100% of the countries is on Renewable energy via hydropower & geothermal (compared to the 13.2% for the US). It exist at the intersection between the European and American Tectonic plates.
This trip has been eye opening for me. In the 4 days I was in Iceland, we manage to do the Golden Circle, drive from Reykjavik to Jokulsarlon Lagoon (East coast) and back, climb into a glacier cave, and had 2 sightings of the aurora borealis. During most of the entire trip, I felt very, very, very small in the vast nature. I was often times the only person on the road, or next to a 80 foot waterfall. The glaciers cave that I went in were large enough to have to fit a small cathedral inside……
