The Kimberley School Newsletter July 2015 | Page 9

It was an amazing opportunity to see so many
concepts we have studied in the classroom in real
life – from standing in the gap between the North
American and Eurasian plates and pondering how
they have moved apart to create this country, to
seeing how waves coming all the way from
Antarctica have shaped the coastline.
As well as seeing these physical landscapes and processes, we were able to visit a tiny cinema to watch
a documentary about how Iceland was formed and
see footage of the Northern Lights which we didn’t
manage to see for real. We also learnt more about
Iceland’s efforts to produce sustainable, renewable

energy at the Hellisheidi geothermal power station.
Although it may not have felt like it, as we were
shivering away, we were very lucky that the weather
was dry and visibility was good. The trip posed
many challenges – aside from the weather – we
had a jam-packed itinerary, at times very difficult
terrain and some of us had to battle with vertigo and
seasickness. It was great to see the students
pull together and help each other; they were all
absolutely brilliant and a real credit to the school.
However, we were a bit disappointed that there
were no ash cloud eruptions as we all wanted to
stay a bit longer!