Environmental Sustainability. Leave no trace.
Glacier and Volcano Expeditions proudly operate with a strong focus on environmental sustainability and posing an absolute minimal impact to the world’s atmosphere and fragile natural environment here in Southern Iceland alike.
We love to live beside and work within Vatnajökull National Park and we have taken it upon ourselves to provide the most environmentally-friendly glacier and volcano hiking experiences possible. We back that up by being a “human powered” only operation. Walking, hiking, climbing, kayaking and ski touring are the only means of transport that we operate within the Vatnajökull National Park boundary. We do not use any motorised equipment such as snowmobiles, super jeeps, or helicopters within Vatnajökull National Park. In turn, greenhouse gas emissions are not produced within the National Park boundary. We also eliminate the risk of oil spill, no plants are ever squashed beneath tyres, no birds disturbed by vehicles during their nesting season and no obnoxious noise pollution is created.
Furthermore, Glacier and Volcano Expeditions lead expeditions with a “leave no trace” policy where we do not adapt the landscape or leave any equipment or structures within Vatnajökull National Park, other than footprints in the mud and ski tracks in the snow.
Glacier and Volcano Expeditions have implemented an active tree planting programme at our property to offset our greenhouse gas emissions that are created from driving our gear vehicle between home and the public glacier parking lot.