Cancel Day Adventures

It’s been almost one year now since my last blog post, which I can put down to mainly laziness but maybe also being a little busy doing other things in my spare time. So without any further delay, I present to you one of the most exciting and adventurous days I’ve ever had in Iceland […]

Celebrations in the south of Iceland

Earlier in October the company I work for organised and held their annual staff party. This was a little later than usual, as it has been normally held in mid to late September, but due to the workload over the summer things were delayed slightly. Ordinarily the party happens over two days; day one would […]

Hard Ice 2: Icelandic Boogaloo

After working as a glacier guide for just about a year and a half now I jumped at the chance to improve my guiding skill set by taking the Hard Ice 2 course (Jökla 2 in Icelandic). This course is designed to teach you how to guide in terrain that is a little bit more spicy […]

Hiking Fimmvörðuháls

Couple of months ago during the not so sunny summer month of June I decided to have a crack at the famous Fimmvörðuháls hike. The hike begins at the base of the waterfall Skógafoss, continues north between the two ice caps Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull and then finally into Þórsmörk (you can read more about that here). After […]

Delving into the Dragon’s Dominion

With the start of a new job I have a new work schedule which allows for more time off and therefore more time to explore this mystical island. I now own a car (a 2006 Ford Escape) which means there are plenty more road trips planned for the future. Now for a little bit of […]

Cruising Round the Countryside

On a crisp winter’s day midway through February a friend and I decided to take a little road trip through the countryside surrounding the little village I live in here on Iceland. Hvolsvöllur (pronounced: kvols-vert-lur; meaning “Hillfield” in English), is a tiny town of just over 900 inhabitants situated on the South coast of Iceland. It’s […]

Blue Ice

Winter has arrived in full force here on the southern coast of Iceland. As a result of the wild and windy weather; work was cancelled for the day and now I’m sitting at home in bed typing up a new blog post. Much has changed on the glacier since the last entry – it has […]

Life on the Ice

It’s been more than a year since I’ve published any updates to the blog, but finally I’ve gotten around to writing a little something. For starters: I’m no longer living in Norway working with dogs, now I’m living on the saga island – Iceland. My current workplace is an outlet glacier called Sólheimajökull [English: Home […]

Construction of the Snowhotel

The construction of the Snowhotel started around the end of November when we had consistent temperatures below 0°C, in addition to already having some snow fall. Most of the snow used in construction is actually pumped down from a mountain lake about 150m above sea level and then fed into a big snow cannon. In […]