1. Wind Patterns & Ocean Currents

2. Wind Patterns
The rotation of Earth causes winds in the northern hemisphere to blow clockwise and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.

3. Wind Patterns

4. Why is Greenland covered with ice while Iceland is green?

5. Ocean Currents

6. Greenland’s Elephant Foot Glacier
Iceland!

7. Strap on your scuba gear in Lake Þingvallavatn to descend between what is, essentially, the gap between two continents (Þingvellir National Park straddles the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates). The lake is filled with glacier run-off water, with super-clear visibility up to 200 metres and some very spooky drop-offs and rock formations.

9. Ocean currents are what make the Galapagos Islands so awesome