Crossing the Hofsjökull glacier to reach the headwaters of Iceland's
longest river.
Adventurer Alastair Humphreys and photographer Chris Herwig made an
unsupported crossing of Iceland. They carried all of their food,
camping gear, and equipment for both glacier crossing and packrafting
in 40kg packs.
Hiking inland from the coast to the bleak interior highlands, Alastair and Chris crossed a glacier to reach the headwaters of Iceland's longest river. There they inflated packrafts and began paddling their way down to the opposite coast.
For more information, writing and videos from this expedition please visit www.alastairhumphreys.com
For information about the commercial use of any of the Iceland images please contact Chris at www.herwigphoto.com
All photos in this set were taken by Alastair or Chris (http://www.flickr.com/photos/herwigphoto) (and most of the good ones are by Chris!)
The grubby grey colour comes from ash from the recent eruption of Eyafjallajokull.
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Personal & Singular 33 months ago | reply
Iceland award group
post 1, give 3 awards
2 photos each day
If you receive 5 awards and more, post it in the Photo of the Month
veganrockchick 27 months ago | reply
Wow! Seriously scary place to loose your footing :O
Maybii 14 months ago | reply
Amazing!!
Jesusisland 7 months ago | reply
Wow, beautiful