Editing Vatnajökull (section)

==In culture==
An Icelandic older name for Vatnajökull was '''Klofajökull''' {{IPA|is|ˈkʰlɔːvaˌjœːkʏtl̥|}} (Cleft Glacier, due to cuts into the ice several of which can be presumed to be liable for the name), which is known from eighteenth-century sources such as the writings of [[Eggert Ólafsson]] and Bjarni Pálsson.<ref>Svavar Sigmundsson. Hversu áreiðanlegar heimildir eru fyrir því að Vatnajökull hafi kallast Klofajökull fyrr á tímum? Vísindavefurinn, 31 August 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2019. https://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=52708.</ref> In September 1950, a [[Douglas DC-4]] operated by the private airline [[Loftleiðir]] crash-landed on the Vatnajökull glacier. The entire six-person crew survived. A rescue operation was launched after the crew managed to send a distress signal on the fourth day. The crew and the rescue team walked the 34&nbsp;km to safety.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eldsveitir.is/2017/02/23/geysisslysid-bjorgun-flugvelar/ | title=Geysisslysið, björgun flugvélar | work=eldsveitir.is | access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

The glacier was used as the setting for the opening sequence (set in [[Siberia]]) of the 1985 [[James Bond]] film ''[[A View to a Kill]]'', in which Bond (played for the last time by [[Roger Moore]]) eliminated a host of armed villains before escaping in a submarine to [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090264/locations|title=A View to a Kill (1985) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> Several other films, including another in the Bond franchise, have been filmed on or using [[Jökulsárlón]], the terminal lake of the Breiðamerkurjökull outlet from Vatnajökull.

In 2004, Vatnajökull was one of several Icelandic settings visited on the first leg of ''[[The Amazing Race 6]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.extremeiceland.is/en/attractions/seljalandsfoss-waterfall|title=A Complete Guide to Seljalandsfoss Waterfall|work=Extreme Iceland|last=Renyard|first=Lauren|date=16 November 2018|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

Westlife's official music video for their twenty-fifth single top 10 and #2 UK hit in 2009 "[[What About Now (Daughtry song)|What About Now]]" is the last film of Vatnajökull Glacier before the subsequent volcanic eruption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westlife.com/gb/news/gb/2010/04/16/new_westlife_blog_mark |title=Official News (GB) - New Westlife Blog : Mark |publisher=Westlife |date=2010-04-16 |access-date=2010-05-16}}</ref>

In November 2011, the glacier was used as a shooting location for the second season of the [[HBO]] fantasy TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iceland filming location revealed|url=http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/10/iceland-filming-location-revealed/|access-date=28 October 2011|newspaper=winter-is-coming.net|date=28 October 2011}}</ref>