Snorkeling in Silfra Fissure

Silfra Fissure is located in Thingvellir National Park, and it is the rift between the North American and European tectonic plates. It is filled with crystal clear potable water and the visibility is up to 300 meters. It rarely gets above 3 degrees Celsius, but also never freezes. We decided to snorkel in it. WHY.

Our fearless leader, Gulli
This is the group of us, after emerging from the water. Some of us look more horrified than others

But it was an incredibly awesome experience. It was the most extreme thing I have done, mainly because it was somewhere I was completely not supposed to be, clothed in layers upon layers of performance gear just to stay warm for a mere 20 minutes of immersion in the water.

At the end of the trip we got to jump off a 15 foot cliff into the fissure. We all did it but were way too cold to operate cameras to document it. It was sweet.