1. ICELAND is the name. Fireland would be no less appropriate, for volcanic fire and glacial ice have created it and moulded it into that shape which it bears today...
2. The Great Geysir in action.
3. Öræfajökull, the highest mountain in Iceland is a glaciated volcano. Thus volcanoes, fire and glacial ice have created the country.
4. Öxarárfoss, a beautiful waterfall at Þingvellir.
5. The lakes of Iceland are of great beauty. Some of them are the work of the glaciers of the ice-age, but others are due to volcanic activities. Here is a small crystal-clear lake in the eastern edge of Ódáðahraun, the vast lava desert on the plateau of Vatnajökull.
6. Goðafoss (the Fall of the Gods) in the grip of winter frost.
7. A hydro-electric plant on the river Sog.
8. Skógafoss (Forest Falls). One of the most beautiful waterfalls of Iceland.
9. Hekla - the most famous volcano in Iceland.
10. A casualty in the struggle against the mountain storms.
11. Northern flowers.
12. The Whooper Swan nests mainly on the plateau.
13. An Icelander.
14. Icelandic girl in national dress.
15. Waiting.
16. View across Thingvellir, where the Althing met from 930-1798. This unique lava plain, now a national park, is sacred to all Icelanders.
17. Gullfoss (The Golden Fall), situated near Geysir, is one of the most magnificent waterfalls in Iceland.
18. Memorial to Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler in Iceland.