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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.
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 ...
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.
1 August – Halla Tómasdóttir is inaugurated as President of Iceland. [8] 22 August – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions: An eruption is recorded from a new fissure in the Reykjanes volcanic system. [9] 25 August – A foreign tourist is killed and two others are reported missing after an ice cave collapses at the Breiðamerkurjökull ...
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 ...
The roof of the cave is about 10 metres high at the highest point, and the tunnels are around 15m broad at their greatest width. [12] The floor of the lowest and westernmost part of the cave, called Íshellir ("Ice Cave"), is covered in a perpetual sheeting of ice and large ice speleothems are common within the cave. [4]
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 ...
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.