On Tuesday 21st October, 39 Upper 5 (Year 11) Geography students travelled to Iceland to explore the geographical uniqueness that this amazing country has to offer. Annie from Upper 5 gives her account of the trip:
“We started with a visit to the ‘bridge between the continents’, which connects the North American and Eurasian plates. Here, we were able to see first hand everything that we had been learning about in our recent geography lessons. Over the course of the next few days we were lucky enough to have an amazing local guide who told us fascinating information about everything that we were looking at, whether it be on the coach journeys or at the sites themselves.
We also visited ‘Skogafoss’, one of the tallest waterfalls in Iceland which has a drop of 60 metres; geysers; lava fields; the city of Reykjavik and much much more. We were even lucky enough to be treated to the northern lights on two occasions!
On a visit to the lava show, we learnt that a third of all lava ever erupted has come from Iceland. Some personal favourite moments from the trip include the Secret Lagoon, which provided a very relaxing start to the Wednesday morning. I also enjoyed going behind the waterfall ‘Seljalandsfoss’, despite getting very wet!
Overall it is safe to say that despite the rather chilly weather, everyone had an incredible time and it was fascinating to see the theory that we had learnt come to life.”
