Iceland is not Ireland

The Botanical Garden in Laugardalur in Reykjavík by Helgi Halldórsson

Recently I had a friendly dispute with a certain person about the climate of Iceland. This person claimed that Iceland had a climate like Ireland, as both were influenced by the Gulf Stream.

"No!" I said, and I showed her a video of an Icelandic TV series, Trapped, complete with blizzards and avalanches. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/mar/07/trapped-icelandic-thriller-tv-hit-of-the-year

But I know from past encounters that this person can be slow to change her mind, so here are some photos of winter in Iceland.

NASA view of Iceland from space

Icelandic Glacier

Snow in Iceland by Maarten Visser