Iceland's new 500m tunnel through one of Europe's largest glaciers: Welcome to the ice age

There is nothing quite like standing at the heart of a glacier to make you feel insignificant. Compared to a 953sqkm stretch of ice that extends up to 580m thick, a puny human doesn't stand a chance. So it is with some hesitation that, guided by torchlight, crampons on my boots trudging through snow, I creep deep into the biggest man-made ice cave in Europe.

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