Hekla is one of two Icelandic peaks that began rumbling earlier this month and which experts say could go at any time.
"No eruption has started in
Hekla Volcano, but it might start without any warning," Icelandic Volcano expert Jon Frimann was quoted, as saying.
cartography of the period and well into the eighteenth century,
HeklaWhile Vesuvius, Etna and even Souffriere were becoming familiar to artists and the picture-buying public, volcanoes as remote as
Hekla were awaiting discovery.
Diving in: Folk love to swim; Gates of hell: Mount
HeklaLong-distance marker horizons from small-scale eruptions: British tephra deposits from the AD 1510 eruption of
Hekla. Iceland, Journal of Quaternary Science 11:511 - 516.
The trek will include visiting the active Mount
Hekla volcano and the dramatic glaciers of Myrdals, Eyjafjalla and Tindafjalla.
Northern Travel will also hold all of the shares in Iceland Express, 51% of the UK-based charter airline Astraeus, 29.26% of the listed Swedish travel agent Ticket and all of the shares in Danish travel agent
Hekla Travel.
The plan is to venture into the Icelandic Highlands, set up camp close to the 4,892ft
Hekla summit, then drop down onto the glacier the following day.
The plan is to venture into the Icelandic Highlands, set up camp close to the 4892ft
Hekla summit, then drop down onto the glacier the following day.
Walkers can bathe in the country's natural hot springs and see the
Hekla volcano.