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Entering the ice sheet, on the way to Joklasel.
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On the Vatnajökull ice sheet, on our way to the Grímsvötn's caldera, with my friend Björn Hróarsson - August 2, 2016.
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18 hours of driving on the ice cap with 'Extreme Iceland 1'.
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On the frindge of the Grímsvötn's caldera (drone photography).
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On the rim of the caldera - the car give the size (drone photography).
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Picture of the caldeira rim - (drone photography).
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Looking West at the ice cauldron (drone photography).
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Looking East (drone photography).
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Global view of the caldera (from the cottage).
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On our way back, crossing small ice cracks with 'Extreme Iceland 1'.
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Deep cracks on the ice sheet (drone photography).
Grímsvötn is a volcano in South-East Iceland. It is located in the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice-cap. The caldera is at 64°25′N 17°20′W, at an elevation of 1,725 m. Grímsvötn lies beneath the Vatnajökull ice cap, which is the largest glacier in Europe (120 km by 90 km by 900 m thick).
We published a book on Iceland and a book on volcanoes:
A) Detay M., Detay A.-M. — Islande - splendeurs et colères d’une île. Belin Ed. 208 p. (2010). ISBN 978-2-7011-5762-7 here
B) Detay M., Detay A.-M. — Volcans - de feu et d'eau. Belin Ed. (2013). ISBN 978-2-7011-7561-4 here
A) Detay M., Detay A.-M. — Islande - splendeurs et colères d’une île. Belin Ed. 208 p. (2010). ISBN 978-2-7011-5762-7 here
B) Detay M., Detay A.-M. — Volcans - de feu et d'eau. Belin Ed. (2013). ISBN 978-2-7011-7561-4 here
We wrote a paper about Iceland and the Grímsvötn:
1) Detay M., Hróarson B. — L’Islande une île extraterrestre, in LAVE, revue de l’association de volcanologie européenne, 195, September 2019, 9-18 (2019). You can download the paper here