Search and Rescue teams in North Iceland managed to locate three foreign hikers yesterday evening who were stranded north of Laugafell mountain, North Iceland. The men sent a distress signal and their GPS location from a SPOT satellite messenger after finding themselves in a tight corner during yesterday’s storm.
Around twenty rescue unit members on snowmobiles searched for the men.
Weather conditions in the area were quite heinous, leaving the first team no choice but to temporarily abandon the search and seek shelter in a nearby emergency lodge.
“Visibility was close to none and team members would continually get separated from the rest of the group. The wind was so strong that one could barely stand up straight,” Ólafur Ólafsson, a member of Search and Rescue team Súlur from Akureyri, told the National Broadcasting Service.
Another unit from Dalvík eventually managed to locate the hikers, who were uninjured, and return them safely to Akureyri at around 3 am.
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Search and Rescue teams in South Iceland were also activated yesterday in order to search for two foreign skiers who got lost north of Mýrdalsjökull glacier.
Around fifty rescue members searched for the two men, who were found unharmed but cold and weathered after their tent and equipment had been blown away during yesterday’s storm. A coastguard helicopter was dispatched to assist in the search and airlifted the men to safety.
There are around one hundred Search and Rescue teams operating all over Iceland. The organizations are all non-profit and volunteer-based and rely solely on public founding and donations.
The teams specialise in search and rescue services on land and at sea and count thousands of specialised volunteers who are always on hand when an emergency arises.
Search and Rescue teams in North Iceland managed to locate three foreign hikers yesterday evening who were stranded north of Laugafell mountain, North Iceland. The men sent a distress signal and their GPS location from a SPOT satellite messenger after finding themselves in a tight corner during yesterday’s storm.
Around twenty rescue unit members on snowmobiles searched for the men.
Weather conditions in the area were quite heinous, leaving the first team no choice but to temporarily abandon the search and seek shelter in a nearby emergency lodge.
“Visibility was close to none and team members would continually get separated from the rest of the group. The wind was so strong that one could barely stand up straight,” Ólafur Ólafsson, a member of Search and Rescue team Súlur from Akureyri, told the National Broadcasting Service.
Another unit from Dalvík eventually managed to locate the hikers, who were uninjured, and return them safely to Akureyri at around 3 am.
Read more: Lost woman found safe and sound in an emergency lodge in Hvannagil
Read more: People were absolutely terrified
Search and Rescue teams in South Iceland were also activated yesterday in order to search for two foreign skiers who got lost north of Mýrdalsjökull glacier.
Around fifty rescue members searched for the two men, who were found unharmed but cold and weathered after their tent and equipment had been blown away during yesterday’s storm. A coastguard helicopter was dispatched to assist in the search and airlifted the men to safety.
There are around one hundred Search and Rescue teams operating all over Iceland. The organizations are all non-profit and volunteer-based and rely solely on public founding and donations.
The teams specialise in search and rescue services on land and at sea and count thousands of specialised volunteers who are always on hand when an emergency arises.
