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Iceland's Biggest Glaciers

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I put my foot down on a slippery piece of ice and immediately felt my body jolt back and forth as I tried to stabilize myself. For a second I thought I was in an ice skating rink, falling. But then I looked at my surroundings and realized I was on top of one of Iceland’s biggest glaciers. It was a warm day, a breeze cooling the air, as my family and I dressed for our glacier walk. From afar, the glacier was a bluish white color, with a layer of black sand covering the majority of the visible part of the glacier. In the distance, the outline of the massive glacier could be seen, seeming as if it extended for hundreds of miles. Above the glacier were thick white clouds, which were the color of milk. Around us were giant hills, with a path between

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