Being general optimists, my wife and I made reservations to go on a cruise with her sisters in October 2021. Since that is a time that I like for us to do a dedicated photography trip, I checked around for an alternative destination. I found a nice-looking photo workshop in Iceland after the cruise and made additional bookings for that. This turned out to be a doubly good plan, as the cruise ended up getting cancelled anyway.

From Reykjavik, we made our way around the island going clockwise. After a week, we reached the southern coast. One morning, we were heading for an ice cave under the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier. During summer, these spaces are filled with meltwater, but when it gets colder the melting slows and most of the water drains out, leaving the ice cave.

We started around 4 am. There was a bit of a drive to the location of a tour company that was going to take us in. Then we had a further drive in their special all-terrain vehicle that could handle the route across the glacial moraines. After parking, we had a hike in the dark about a mile to get to the ice cave entrance at the edge of the glacier. When we finally got in, there was another group ahead of us. We had to wait for a while for them to get out of the way for us to shoot. By then, we were getting some light coming through the ice to illuminate the space.