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Debate Over Five- Or Six-Month Summer Halt On Ice Cave Tours
A professional advisory board representing companies that offer ice cave tours in Vatnajökull National Park has proposed ending tours in mid-April due to the risk of collapse, effectively suspending them for half the year, reports RÚV. In August last year, a foreign…
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Editorial: The Limits Of Trust
Trust is an important part of how any society runs. Every time we stand at a pedestrian crossing waiting for the lights to change, we’re trusting the person next to us not to push us in front of a bus. When we…
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Breaking Point: Fatal Ice Cave Accident Raises Big Questions For Tourism Safety
Ever since the dawn of Iceland’s tourism boom, there have been countless examples of visitors to the island making decisions that are misinformed, foolish, or downright dangerous. From people picnicking on floating icebergs to the woman who joined a search party to…
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Search Resumes For Tourists In Collapsed Ice Cave
Search and rescue crews have resumed their search for two tourists still missing after an ice cave in Breiðamerkurjökull collapsed Sunday afternoon. A group of 25 tourists were visiting the cave at the time. Police have since confirmed one person was pronounced…
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A Cathedral Of Ice: Langjökull’s Newest Natural Glacial Cave
You’ll probably never need to consider quite how heavy a snowmobile is until you roll one over on a glacier, and have to right it yourself. (About 240kg, since you ask.) My “incident” happened at a snail’s pace as I—a complete newbie…
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RVK Newscast 161: Ice Cave Wedding
Welcome to an extra-special episode of RVK Newscast, coming to you today from inside an ice cave in Langjökull glacier! Editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson visited the ice cave to discuss the latest in Icelandic news… as well as attend a wedding! Alda Music,…
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Large Ice Cave Found Inside Langjökull
A new, unusually large ice cave was found on the east side of Langjökull earlier this autumn, reports Morgunblaðið. Ever since it was found, tourism companies have started to improve access to the cave. [su_pullquote]Icelanders give books to their loved ones on…
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GLACIERS IN ICELAND! Everything you need to know!
Where can I see glaciers in Iceland? Glaciers cover large parts of Iceland and there are countless places where you can enjoy their beauty. The largest glacier in Iceland is Vatnajökull and it covers 8% of the whole country! Other notable glaciers…
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Search For Missing Man In Iceland Ends In Tragedy
An Icelandic man was found dead at the site of a newly opened ice cave that had dangerously high levels of sulfides. The search for the man was extensive, involving up to 200 people. RÚV reports that authorities were alerted at around…
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2016 In Travel: Small Towns, Ice Caves, Volcanoes, Islands
To look back on Grapevine’s year in travel, we decided to first go the empirical populism route, and drew up a list of the most clicked, liked and read stories we published in 2016. The first noticeable pattern was that our…
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Photos: Inside Vatnajökull’s Majestic Ice Caves
Our intrepid photographer Art Bicnick recently took a drive around Iceland’s frozen southern coastline, coming back with a treasure trove of images. One of the stops was the Vatnajökull ice cave, also known as the “crystal cavern.” “We had about a 30-minute…
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Langjökull Ice Cave Now Open
The long-awaited Langjökull Ice Cave has opened, and has already received a warm reception from tourists who have paid a visit. RÚV reports that the first daily trips into the ice cave sold out quickly, and tourists reporters spoke to were quite…
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Ice Cave Construction Underway
A 500 metre long ice cave is currently being tunnelled into Iceland’s Langjökull glacier. So far the crew have dug the cave’s entrance, roughly 200 metres into the glacier and are experimenting with how to light the tunnel. Plans are to turn…