For all our pictures click [here]. This is maybe the most famous glacier cave in the world. It was formed by hot water from volcanic spring below the Vatnajökull glacier. The cave was explored by a French expedition in the eighties. They were able to follow the cave about 2km. Since we were poorly equipped tourists with camera gear, one head flashlight, and one afraid of collapsing rock, we only entered about 20meters... Glacier caves are always dangerous. So it is warned to enter the cave as the entrance is rather unstable. Blocks of ice may fall down. Glacier caves are formed very fast, especially if they are formed by hot springs as in this case. On the other hand they are destroyed very easy by movements or collapses of the ice. So they are the shortest living caves at all.
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