Iceland review - 2012, Side 32

30 ICELAND REVIEW
melting Pot
Words and Photos By Páll StEfánSSon
Under our feet we hear the earth hiss, trans-
forming the icy water of glacial streams into
steaming springs. Colorful rocks glint amidst
the snowdrift below Kerlingarfjöll mountains,
and rays of light fall into the river below. 
All the contrasts of the land we call Iceland
can be found around the rim of Vatnajökull
glacier. On Jökulsárlón, whole cities of ice-
bergs sail, biding their time. Close by, you
find the gentle woodlands of Skaftafell,
within earshot of where the roaring torrent
of Skeiðará river fans over the sand. 
Or does it still? 
Nature is ever-changing, and never
more than this extraordinary summer.
Warm and sunny weather caused
the glaciers to fade away, faster and
faster, much faster than predicted.
Iceland truly is a melting pot.
By the river Skaftá,
one of uncountable rivers
that originate in Vatnajökull glacier.
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