A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...

This process, for most glaciers, takes over a hundred years. Plucking – sometimes rocks get frozen to the base, sides and back wall of the glacier. The movement of the glacier pulls these frozen ...

Iceland's Vatnajökull Glacier is one of the most beautiful ... beneath its glassy surface lies seven active volcanoes, caldera lakes, and bubbling cauldrons of geothermic activity.

Covering more than 3,000 square miles and eight percent of the country, it's not only Iceland's largest glacier but the largest ... its glassy surface lies seven active volcanoes, caldera lakes ...