An Icy Retreat


  • Photographer
    Jim Steinberg
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Jim Steinberg Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    29 June, 2016
  • Technical Info
    Nikon D810, 24º, 1/50sec @ f22

Hoffellsjökull is an outlet glacier flowing from the Vatnajökull ice cap in southeast Iceland, Vatnajökull National Park. As recently as 1940 the Hoffellsjökull glacier reached the moraine ridge where the photographer is located, providing ice for the local village of Höfn. Lorries used to drive right to the spot the photograph is made to carve and take ice for the local community. Due to climate change it has retreated considerably, forming a deep lake in the depression left behind, and will continue to deepen as the climate continues to warm. Meanwhile life sprouts up in the wake of the Hoffellsjökull's retreat.

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