Field trip to the southeast coast of Iceland

Over the last weekend, the GEST fellows travelled to the southeast coast of Iceland, enjoying the major sites Iceland’s countryside has to offer along the way including the Reynisfjara Black Beach, the Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss Waterfalls, and the Glacier Lagoon. The fellows met with representatives from the Research Center at Höfn in Hornafjörður to discuss the effects of climate change on Iceland´s glaciers. Following the theme of these presentations and film screening, the fellows also visited the Fláajökull Glacier to directly connect with their experience in Höfn. After a long and busy weekend with a much appreciated change of scenery, the fellows returned to the city life of Reykjavik in time for the Final Seminar of 2022 to present their final assignments that they have been working on during the 2022 spring semester.