This is amazing. As you will see pointed out at the beginning, they are NOT in Santa Monica. The landscape of the remote areas of Iceland where “north of the wall” is being shot for season 2 of Game of Thrones is exceptionally beautiful, and brutally harsh. This is giving me a whole new appreciation of, and impatience for, the upcoming season. Take a look:

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Not exactly summer camp. Insane. Or at least, utterly impressive. Or both. Hurry up, April 1!

And this just in – here’s the new Season 2 poster!

Game of Thrones, starring Kit Harington, James Cosmo, John Bradley, Simon Armstrong, Mark Stanley, Jack Gleeson, Sophie Turner, Emilia Clarke, andLena Headey, premieres April 1 on HBO.