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.