A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

Since it first landed on the radars of backpackers, hikers, and mountain climbers in the 1990s, Iceland travel ... walk to observe, snap photos, and learn about the glaciers.

Now it seems to be melting faster than ever. Joining us on the glacier is Snaevarr Gudmundsson, an understated, avuncular man who is one of Iceland's most renowned glaciologists. He has been ...

No wonder Iceland is called the land of fire and ice because in a country literally frozen by time, with 11 percent of the land area of the country covered by glaciers, volcanic eruptions and lava ...