With terrain shaped by volcanic eruptions and shifting tectonic plates, and surrounding waters filled with glaciers, icebergs ...

My first day in Iceland this past August was clear and sunny, a vacationer’s dream. And it turned out to be a great day to squeeze in a sightseeing activity I hadn’t initially signed up to do: fly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hotel staff have had to evacuate guests at the Blue Lagoon seven times since eruptions began Winter had arrived early at Highland ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the 30 volcanic systems on Iceland, four are currently active, says Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. It was a lesson in resilience: layering pillows against the ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Hardened lava crunches under your boots. Pungent sulphur fumes shroud the bizarre black landscape. Warm, sometimes scalding steam rises from fissures in the igneous rock. Here at ...

“To witness these powerful forces, the roar of Earth, is mind blowing,” says Ingimundur Stefansson, an Icelandic tour guide. “Man is a small potato in such a world.” In part because of our fascination ...