Last night after an "interesting" game of jenga we were told that the Northern lights were in view. Hurrying, we grabbed our shoes and cameras and headed outside. They were amazing although they were quite dim. We woke up and went to breakfast, we discovered that half of us weren't there so some of us went back to the rooms. Some of us had red knuckles from banging on the doors of those still sleeping in vain. We headed down the road and arrived first at the visitor centre where we watched a film about a volcano that had erupted and had caused damage to the land. We travelled further down the land which we had watched on the film and were enchanted by the surrounding environment, which was explained to us by Mr Alderson in one minute and thirty seconds. The mountains were cliffs when the land which is there now was once covered by sea. Near lunchtime we got to a lake which was filled by icebergs. Some were blue as they had just turned around and hadn't been exposed to too much oxygen. We had great fun admiring the icebergs and breaking them by throwing rocks, large and small. Some travelled far others only went a meter. Not far away was a beach which was incredible. There was the contrast of sea, sand and icebergs. Lexy was the most adventurous climbing over the icebergs.
We went back on ourselves down the road and arrived back at the visitor centre. We went on a walk for a couple of hours up the side of a hill. The views from the top were worth the walk over the perilous ice. The walk back down was a lot easier and quicker. Although the bus journeys are long, it felt like a few minutes to get to where we were going. It was a great day and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here. Fingers crossed we see the Northern lights again tonight.
By Molly Nixon
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