Foreign tourists often venture out onto the icebergs floating freely in the ice blue Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, South Iceland. A dangerous act seeing as the sheets of ice can suddenly tip over, submerging people in the freezing water.
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According to the National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, a local tour guide, Owen Hunt, prevented four tourists, including a couple carrying a baby, from going onto the ice yesterday. Owen says he was shocked to see how reckless the people were and decided to have a word with them. Anyone attempting to save a person from the glacier lagoon would endanger their own life as body heat can be lost 25 times quicker in cold water than in cold air.
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Oddný Kristínardóttir, who runs the café located at Jökulsárlón, says she and her staff often warn off tourists who have gone onto the ice, however, many choose to ignore their warning.
A sign was put up by the lagoon some years ago, warning visitors not to go onto the ice.
Foreign tourists often venture out onto the icebergs floating freely in the ice blue Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, South Iceland. A dangerous act seeing as the sheets of ice can suddenly tip over, submerging people in the freezing water.
Read more: The blue wonder world of Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
According to the National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, a local tour guide, Owen Hunt, prevented four tourists, including a couple carrying a baby, from going onto the ice yesterday. Owen says he was shocked to see how reckless the people were and decided to have a word with them. Anyone attempting to save a person from the glacier lagoon would endanger their own life as body heat can be lost 25 times quicker in cold water than in cold air.
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Oddný Kristínardóttir, who runs the café located at Jökulsárlón, says she and her staff often warn off tourists who have gone onto the ice, however, many choose to ignore their warning.
A sign was put up by the lagoon some years ago, warning visitors not to go onto the ice.
