Extreme Travel: Glacier Hikes

We’re cold just thinking about it. Nonetheless, spending a day out on one of the largest glaciers outside of the Polar Regions would be thrilling indeed. Based out of Skaftafell, Iceland, Glacier Guides, an internationally recognized guiding operation, leads day and half-day hikes over this icy wonderland. The good people at Glacier Guides want the world to know and appreciate these powerful, ancient structures. A glacier can be defined as a perennial mass of ice that moves over land. It’s also one of the world’s largest reservoirs of fresh water and makes up over 11% of Iceland’s land mass. These types of ecosystems are also very fragile, which is why Glacier Guides follows an environmental policy anchored by these four guidelines:

Take nothing but pictures.

Kill nothing but time.

Leave nothing but footprints.

Make nothing but memories.

If you’re going to go explore Europe’s largest national park anytime soon, these guys won't let you down. Photo is courtesy of the Glacier Guide website.