Over half term, the Geography department took 39 girls on an adventure packed 5 day trip to Iceland.
Iceland is a beautiful, vast country, with expansive views and landscapes. The itinerary ensured that we maximised the time we had, with the girls visiting five magnificent waterfalls, exploding geysers and basalt caves along the golden circle route. They also had the unique opportunity of hiking along a glacier using crampons and ice pick. They witnessed the huge crevices and shapes carved by a glacier on lava deposits. The girls also enjoyed walking along a 5,500 year old underground lava tunnel and warmed up by bathing in the famous Blue Lagoon. Here, they relaxed in waters reaching 38 degrees and pampered themselves with natural silica mud masks. The girls visited the constructive plate boundaries where the Eurasian and North American plates are moving apart; a fun opportunity of being amongst two continent boundaries. The trip concluded with a whale watching trip off the capital, Reykjaviks port, where we were lucky to spot 3 minke whales and jumping whitebeaked dolphins.
