Jostedal Glacier

It is impassable in the winter, and even during the summer months the snow doesn't melt completely.

On the Jostedalsbreen it looks even more like winter.

This is Europe's largest landlocked glacier.

For a long time, it was assumed that Norway's glaciers were remnants of the Ice Age which ended about 8,000 years ago in Scandinavia.

In the meantime, it is known that it was too warm for glaciers to form in Europe after that time.

Not until about 500 years before Christ did it get cold enough for the glaciers to form again.

Today, the Jostedalsbreen is about 100 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide.

Its ice measures 500 meters at its thickest point.