View From an Ice Palace

December 4, 2015

Fjallsjokull glacier ice cave, Iceland

Photo by Johnathan Ampersand Esper/Aurora Photos

This cave is near the snout of Fjallsjökull, a glacier in Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park. Ice caves are best visited in the winter months, as summer melt can make them prone to collapse.

 

This article appeared as "Ice Palace" in the January/February 2016 print edition of Sierra.