Tourist Dies at Reynisfjara, Group Caught by Waves in the Same Spot the Next Day
A tourist died on Friday after being swept out to sea by a wave at Reynisfjara beach, just outside Vík í Mýrdal in South Iceland.
A tourist died on Friday after being swept out to sea by a wave at Reynisfjara beach, just outside Vík í Mýrdal in South Iceland.
The Icelandic Seaman’s Association has issued a strongly worded statement in support of Iceland’s Coast Guard pilots, calling the government’s delay in negotiations “unacceptable and
For one third of the year, the Icelandic Coast Guard has only one helicopter crew on duty, RÚV reports. Yesterday morning the helicopter could not
A substantial amount of sea ice has collected to the Northwest of Iceland, RÚV reports. The Icelandic Coast Guard says that the quantity of sea
In late summer of this year, a convoy of Russian military ships set off from the northern port of Severomorsk. The expedition was intended to
A number of oil-soaked seabirds have come ashore in the Westman Islands in recent days. Most of the birds have been found in the harbour
Three lives were saved when the tugboat Blíða SH sank in Breiðafjörður fjord, West Iceland, yesterday afternoon. The ship dropped out of the Coast Guard’s
Three foreign tourists were rescued from their car roofs on Wednesday after their vehicles got stuck in a glacial river on the Flæður highland route
A remotely piloted, unmanned drone aircraft will be flight-tested in Egilsstaðir, East Iceland over the coming months. RÚV reports that the 15-metre (49-ft) wide craft
Two Russian bombers flew into the NATO airspace surveillance area near Iceland late on Wednesday night. According to a press release issued by the Icelandic
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