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Exploring Southern Iceland
<p>Iceland is most famous for its rugged landscapes and scenery. The Northern Lights, Blue Lagoon, volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls top the list of must-sees. Iceland is also famous for its history
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Exploring Southern Iceland
<p>Iceland is most famous for its rugged landscapes and scenery. The Northern Lights, Blue Lagoon, volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls top the list of must-sees. Iceland is also famous for its history
...Iceland is most famous for its rugged landscapes and scenery. The Northern Lights, Blue Lagoon, volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls top the list of must-sees. Iceland is also famous for its history and being settled by the Vikings. It is known as “The Land of Fire and Ice” due to its contrasting landscapes. A lack of communication with the outside world in the past, has set the country apart and preserved many aspects of its stirring Viking past, such as a widespread belief in spirits, heathen gods and the omnipotence of nature, in particular, the sea.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face / Online
SUGGESTED READING
- Saga Land - Richard Fiedler & Kari Gislason, ABC Books 2017
- Iceland - Rough Guides Editors, Penguin 2007
- Iceland’s Ring Road - Lonely Planet 2017
- Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
- How Iceland Changed the World - Egill Bjarnason
COURSE OUTLINE
- Island of Fire and Ice
- First Settlement
- Reykjavik, Vik and Hofn
- Golden Circle: Pingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss
- South Coast: Glacier walk and glacier lagoon cruise
- Icelandic Words
LEARNING OUTCOMES
** By the end of this course, students should be able to:**
- Have a greater appreciation of Southern Iceland as a country to visit: for history, travel and general interest.
