Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Travel Tidbits - Arctic Circle

The sun is sensational but there is nothing like a crisp cold adventure that is cool curious, and at times a bit chaotic and challenging. Best place for this kind of thing? Iceland and the Arctic Circle:

DESCEND INTO A VOLCANO'S MAGMA CHAMBER- Board a tiny elevator and drop 400 feet into an enormous, colorful magma chamber where the last eruption happened 4,000 years ago.

SNORKEL BETWEEN 2 CONTINENTS- Float in 35 degree glacial water in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates where visibility is 300+ feet, clearer than the Caribbeam

WORLD'S MOST NORTHERN HOTSPRING- Iceland's remote GeoSea Thermal Sea Baths in Húsavík are pools of natural seawater heated by geothermal forces, perched on a cliff overlooking Arctic seas and whale migration paths

SLEEP IN A GLASS CABIN BENEATH THE MIDNIGHT SUN- The Arctic Circle is full of options to sleep in a glass domed cabin with 24 hours of daylight or northern lights dancing over your head depending on when you travel. Always a cinematic phenomenon.

MIDNIGHT SAFARI- Super-Jeep into Iceland's highlands, cross rivers and volcanic deserts to spy all manner of polar wildlife

ARCTIC FOX SANCTUARY- In Hornstrander, Iceland, there are no roads, towns or crowds byt rather an abundance of curious arctic foxes who aren’t afraid of people. They may just walk right up to you.

WORLD'S FIRST ARCTIC BREWERY- Svalbard is home to this place that brews beer with 2,000-year-old glacier water in one of the most remote breweries on Earth. Ingredients are shipped by boat only a few times a year so savor each sip.

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