A man died in an avalanche in Svarfaðardalur in North Iceland yesterday. The man was travelling with two others, both of whom sustained severe injuries.
“Well-equipped, experienced mountaineers”
Three American men, born in 1988, were caught in an avalanche in Svarfaðardalur, North Iceland, yesterday.
After one of them notified emergency responders (at 19:10 yesterday), an emergency helicopter was dispatched, along with rescue teams from Dalvík, Siglufjörður, and Akureyri.
According to a FB post by the police in Northeast Iceland, the three men were “well-equipped, experienced mountaineers,” and all of them sustained severe injuries; one of the men was pronounced dead on the scene.
Further detail not available
The other two men were transported to a hospital in Akureyri, with one later being taken to the National University Hospital in Reykjavík. Details on their condition have not been made public.
Approximately 130 rescue workers took part in the search, which concluded shortly before midnight.
“It took some time to gather information about the man’s family in the US,” the police in Northeast Iceland stated. “Once we had obtained that information, the US Embassy helped inform the man’s loved ones about his death. The deceased was single and had no children.”
An investigation into the events is underway.
