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Walking Into a Glacier: Iceland's Ice Cave That Won't Exist Next Year

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A guided walk into an ice cave under Vatnajökull — Iceland's biggest ice cap. Through water, under hundreds of metres of ice, past volcanic ash and air sealed in centuries ago.

This cave was carved by meltwater last winter, and it will be gone by spring. That's the whole point of going now.

Filmed on the south coast of Iceland, near Skaftafell, in January 2019.

WHAT'S IN THIS ONE
0:00 What we're doing today
0:18 Where we are - minus four, black gravel, fog
0:36 Meeting the guide
1:36 Getting in the van
2:06 The winds, and the super jeep
2:31 The walk in
3:21 The slip, and the crampons going on
3:51 The cave entrance
4:26 The light shaft
4:56 Walking through a stream inside the glacier
5:41 Volcanic ash and air trapped in the ice
6:26 The duck - under a few hundred metres of glacier
7:11 Blue ice, and the Interstellar glacier
8:11 The slide
8:56 Why this cave is finished, and how to do it yourself

HOW TO DO THIS YOURSELF
• Fly into Keflavík (KEF) — about 5.5 hours from the US east coast
• From there it's a 4–5 hour drive east along the south coast
• You cannot enter these caves alone — book a licensed glacier guide
• Cost: roughly $150–200 per person
• Season: November to March — the caves don't exist in summer
• Book weeks ahead, the good slots sell out
• Bring boots and a spare pair of socks. You will get wet.

The ice cave scenes in Interstellar were filmed on this ice cap, at Svínafellsjökull.

Next episode: Reynisfjara — the black sand beach.

#Iceland #IceCave #Vatnajokull #Skaftafell #Travel
Category
ICELAND
Tags
glacier, glacier cave, ice cave
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