Exploring the eternal ice In winter, Iceland is transformed into a world of ice and snow. Visitors can explore Europe's biggest and most formidable glacier here: Vatnajökull. A frontier experience — and part III of our "Extreme Places" series. Eternal ice on the Vatnajökul glacier in Iceland offers exciting scenery Warm jackets, gloves and hiking boots with ice crampons are part of the basic equipment for a tour on Vatnajökull. And a camera — because if you're out and about on the eternal ice of Iceland, you'll see spectacular scenery every few meters. From gigantic glacier ridges and lagoons full of swimming icebergs to waterfalls fed by meltwater, the dramatic landscape, which glows in shades from radiant white to azure blue, seems almost magical.