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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.
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.
Ice caves are a popular destination for visitors to Iceland, an island nation in the north Atlantic that sits on the southern edge of the Arctic Circle. Glaciers cover about 11% of the country.
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 ...
A cave-in is a collapse of a geologic formation, mine or structure which may occur during mining, tunneling, or steep-walled excavation such as trenching. Geologic structures prone to spontaneous cave-ins include alvar , tsingy and other limestone formations, but can also include lava tubes and a variety of other subsurface rock formations.
A tourist has died and a further two are missing after an accident at an ice cave in southern Iceland. On Sunday, Aug. 25, local police force Lögreglan á Suðurlandi confirmed a group of 25 ...
Þórisjökull or Thórisjökull (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθouːrɪsˌjœːkʏtl̥] ⓘ, Icelandic for "Thóris's glacier") is a small glacier and volcano in western-central Iceland, to the southwest of Langjökull glacier. It has an elevation of 1,350 metres (4,430 ft). Kaldidalur lies in the foreground.
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 ...