Eric Wehrmeister, Video Chronicler

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Daily Expedition Reports
16 Jul 2017

Akureyri, 7/16/2017, National Geographic Explorer

Aboard the National Geographic Explorer
Arctic

A full day in and around the town of Akureyri means exploring some of the very best things that northern Iceland has to offer.

While some of our guests chose to follow the trail of the HBO television hit series Game of Thrones by visiting places where the show was filmed, others chose to visit some of the geologic and photographic sites. They visited Lake Mývatn, photographed the boiling mud pits and solfataras at Námafjall, hiked through strange lava forms at Dimmuborgir, and topped it all off with a trip to Goðafoss which is perhaps the most beautiful waterfall in all of Iceland.

Today reminded us all exactly why Iceland is often referred to as the land of fire and ice!

Michael Nolan, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor

Michael Nolan was born in Bitburg, Germany to an Air Force family stationed there. His first experience of the ocean came at age 12, when he learned to snorkel in the Italian Mediterranean. At age 17 he moved to Tucson, Arizona and became a PADI SCUB...

Eric Wehrmeister, Video Chronicler

Eric began his life on the far western edge of Chicago, where the concrete meets the cornfields. His inspiration has always drawn from the expansive beauty of the natural world, as well as the endless forms that populate it.

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