SHREWSBURY SCHOOL ICELAND OCTOBER 2014

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1 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL ICELAND OCTOBER 2014

2 ABOUT ICELAND Your Destination - Iceland- Iceland

3 ABOUT ICELAND Your Destination - Iceland - Iceland YOUR Your itinerary

4 ABOUT ICELAND Your destination - Iceland YOUR Your itinerary TRAVEL TIPS Travel tips

5 ABOUT ICELAND Your destination - Iceland YOUR Your itinerary TRAVEL TIPS Travel tips DISCOVER THE WORLD Your tour operator Discover The Worldthe World

6 ABOUT ICELAND

7 ABOUT ICELAND

8 ABOUT ICELAND Iceland The land of Fire and Ice The land of fire and ice

9 ABOUT ICELAND FIRE

10 ABOUT ICELAND ICE

11 ABOUT ICELAND ICELAND What else does Iceland have to offer? Awe-inspiring sights!:

12 ABOUT ICELAND WATERFALLS WATERFALLS

13 Geysers ABOUT ICELAND GEYSERS

14 ABOUT ICELAND THE MID ATLANTIC RIDGE

15 ABOUT ICELAND GLACIERS GLACIERS

16 ABOUT ICELAND What else does Iceland have to offer? Curriculum Links; What else does Iceland have to offer? Curriculum links:

17 ABOUT ICELAND LIVING WITH HAZARDS

18 ABOUT ICELAND FASCINATING GEOLOGY

19 ABOUT ICELAND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS

20 ABOUT ICELAND GEOTHERMAL & RENEWABLE ENERGY

21 ABOUT ICELAND URBANISATION

22 YOUR Your Trip Itinerary

23 YOUR Here are some of the exciting places we will visit

24 YOUR Fly to Iceland from the UK

25 Visit the Blue Lagoon for a swim in the 40 degree water YOUR

26 YOUR Reykjavik Perlan

27 YOUR Dinner and overnight at your hotel

28 Visit the area affected by a jokulhlaup (glacier burst) from the recent Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption. YOUR

29 YOUR Get soaked by Seljalandsfoss waterfall!

30 YOUR Climb to the top of Skogarfoss

31 YOUR Explore and walk on the Solheimajokull glacier

32 YOUR Continue along the south shore road to Myrdalssandur; a 700 km² area of sand flats created by a jokulhlaup (glacial burst)

33 YOUR Your next stop is Eldhraun, an extensive mosscovered lava flow from the Laki eruption in 1783, believed to be the largest flow from a single eruption worldwide in historical times.

34 YOUR Continue to Skaftafell National Park, one of Iceland s prime areas of natural beauty

35 YOUR Visit the black sand beach and dunes at Vik, the most southerly point of Iceland.

36 YOUR..and its basalt column cliffs

37 YOUR See the stunning natural rock arch at Dyrhólaey

38 En route to Reykjavik pass through the small greenhouse town of Hveragerdi, a place where there is so much geothermal activity that it is possible to swim in naturally heated waters. YOUR

39 YOUR You can even boil an egg in them!

40 YOUR Visit the Hellisheiði Power Station - the second largest geothermal power station in the world

41 YOUR Visit the old volcano crater lake of Kerid

42 YOUR Marvel at Iceland's most photographed waterfall, Gullfoss

43 YOUR Watch in awe as a geyser erupts!

44 YOUR Visit Thingvellir and see where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are literally ripping apart!

45 YOUR Enjoy some time in Reykjavik, for sightseeing

46 YOUR Visit a bridge that connects two continents

47 YOUR Head back to Keflavik for your flight home with Icelandair

48 What is included for the price? Cabin Hotel, Reykjavik Hotel Dyrhoaely, nr Vik Return flights from Manchester Full board basis All taxes & charges All transportation and guide within Iceland Airport transfers from Shrewsbury Travel insurance Entrance to Blue Lagoon and other activities such as Lava Tubing

49 What happens next? Mr Morris at school to express interest Parents will then be contacted with further details

50 Thank you for your time! Shrewsbury School Geography Faculty