VATNAJÖKULL GLACIER, ICELAND

“There will always be hidden gems of our planet that have fought all attempts to tame them. Iceland is one of those precious rocks. East Iceland is where we found Iceland’s actual ‘ice’, including Vatnajökull glacier, a giant, white, unmissable blob on the map. The glacier appears so close to the locals that they often refer to the ice as if it were part of their backyard. Here, the glaciers descend into black sands and hot streams erupt from frozen banks of ice. What a place to live!”