Across the glaciers of Iceland, we travelled through an almost never ending frozen desert of Vatnajökull, as if we were navigating the top of the world. The surreal landscape of the glacier provides a unique experience to reflect about environmental aspects of human interaction. It is believed that due to global warming, the glacier has lost around 1m in height over the last 15 years. At the present rate the glacier will finally disappear by the end of this century.