A mountaineer on the summit of Kristinartindar above Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, Iceland
A mountaineer on the summit of Kristinartindar above Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, this glacier like all Iceland's glaciers is receding due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
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