At least one tourist has died when an ice cave collapsed on a glacier in Iceland. Another person was seriously injured and was airlifted to a hospital in Reykjavik but was in stable condition, Icelandic police said.
Two more people believed to have been trapped under the ice are missing after the accident on the Breidamerkurjökull glacier.
Search cancelled during the night
The search for them was suspended due to the difficult and dangerous conditions and the darkness at night. It was supposed to continue in the morning.
A video on Twitter shows the entrance to the ice cave – probably not for the claustrophobic…
The victims were part of a group of 25 foreign tourists who had explored the ice cave. Their nationalities were initially unclear. Iceland, with its glaciers and geysers, volcanoes and waterfalls, is a popular destination for many outdoor tourists.
Natural attraction popular with tourists
Breidamerkurjökull in the southeast of the North Atlantic island is an extension of the Vatnajökull glacier. In front of it stretches the spectacular Jökulsarlon glacier lagoon.
The lake, with its icebergs floating on the water, is one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions. There are numerous hikes in the region over glacier tongues and through ice caves.
Source: Krone
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