During the recent Geography trip to Iceland in April, Merchiston boys visited the much-heralded beauty spot at Jokulsarlon, where icebergs calve off the edge of the Breidermerkajokull outlet glacier, and float lazily across the proglacial lake. However, we may have been very fortunate to see this site in the sunshine, as the recent eruption of the volcano Grimsvotn has changed the area dramatically! Click on this link to see a real-time webcam of the area, now covered in volcanic ash, and the icebergs all but wasted away. Will it ever be the same again?
