Beginner’s Guide: Sólheimajökull Glacier Hike

Otto the Viking guide balances on one leg on a glacier in Iceland.

The first time I led a nervous traveler onto Sólheimajökull, she stopped at the edge of the ice and whispered, “Is this even allowed?” The wind came off Mýrdalsjökull like a cold hand. Black volcanic ash striped the glacier like old runes. I laughed, not unkindly. In Iceland we do not conquer the ice. We […]