National Geographic Small Ship Expeditions 2014-2015

A CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF ICELAND

ABOARD THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER

EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS

» Explore Europe’s largest ice cap, and discover the lava-sculpted

landscapes of the Westman Islands.

» Soak in hot springs, and see boiling mud pots and the thundering

Godafoss Waterfall.

» Go whale-watching and spot birdlife on the shores of Iceland and its

surrounding isles.

» Get up close to spectacular sculptures in ice on a cruise among the

scattered icebergs of Jökulsárlón.

“A fi nal relic from the world’s last ice age, this North Atlantic island nation is a world of

knife-cut valleys, gargantuan fj ords, monumental cliff s, black-sand beaches, thunder-

ing waterfalls, and silent white glaciers. ”

–ANDREW EVANS, “HARMONIC CONVERGENCE,”

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER, NOV/DEC 2011

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Travelers take in the power and beauty of Godafoss waterfall.

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EXPEDITION TEAM & EXPERTS

Photographers Sisse

Brimberg and Cotton

Coulson have collectively

photographed more

than 50 stories for

National Geographic

and National Geographic

Traveler magazines. Both Sisse and Cotton

have been awarded prizes by Pictures of

the Year International, the National Press

Photographers Association, and the White

House Press Photographers Association.

They will join a diverse team of experts and

naturalists on the July 12, 2014 departure.