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2. One American tourist dead in Iceland following ice cave collapse

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   A group of 23 tourists from several countries were exploring an ice cave at the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in southeastern Iceland when the incident occurred Sunday, according to the broadcaster.

3. Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that ...

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   The rescue operation began around 3 p.m. local time on Sunday when authorities received reports that an ice cave had collapsed at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southeastern Iceland.

4. Ice cave rescue called off in Iceland after officials say no ...

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   Local police said Sunday a group of 25 tourists from several countries was exploring an ice cave at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southeastern Iceland when the incident occurred shortly before ...

5. Breiðamerkurjökull - Wikipedia

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   The first settlers arrived in Iceland around 900 AD when the edge of the glacier tongue of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier was about 20 kilometres (12 mi) further north of the present location. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] During the Little Ice Age between 1600 and 1900 AD, with cooler temperatures prevailing in these latitudes, the glacier advanced to about 1 ...

6. Glacier cave - Wikipedia

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   An extreme example is the Kverkfjöll glacier cave in the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland, measured in the 1980s at 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) long with a vertical range of 525 metres (1,722 ft). Many glacier caves are relatively unstable due to heat transportation and glacial motion , and are subject to localized or complete collapse, as well as ...

7. Okjökull - Wikipedia

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   Okjökull (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɔkˌjœːkʏtl̥], Ok glacier) was a glacier in western Iceland on top of the shield volcano Ok. [2] Ok is located north-east of Reykjavík. The glacier was declared dead in 2014 by glaciologist Oddur Sigurðsson due to its loss of thickness. Ice crystals in glaciers collapse under their own weight to ...

8. 1 Tourist Dead, 2 Missing After Sudden Ice Cave Collapse ...

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   A group of tourists had been visiting the Breidamerkurjökull glacier when an ice cave collapsed. A tourist has died and a further two are missing after an accident at an ice cave in southern Iceland.

9. Relief in Iceland as no more tourists trapped under ice - AOL

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   COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Police in Iceland called off a search for missing persons under a glacier on Monday and said earlier reports that two tourists had been trapped there were wrong. An extensive ...