Iceland police say no more tourists trapped under ice

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Iceland police say no more tourists trapped under ice

Police in Iceland have called off a search for missing persons under a glacier and say earlier reports that two tourists had been trapped there were wrong.

One person was ******* and one injured on Sunday when a natural ice ***** collapsed as a group of tourists explored it but fears that two others were trapped were based on a misunderstanding, authorities said.

Police were told the group consisted of 25 people but later concluded only 23 had taken part.

An extensive search for missing persons that began on Sunday and continued on Monday was therefore called off.

One man was pronounced ***** at the scene while a woman was taken to hospital in Reykjavík.

Both were from the ******* States.

Dozens of rescue workers were deployed, including specialised ***** rescuers and two helicopters, broadcaster RÚV reported.

Breidamerkurjokull, located in southeast Iceland, is a glacial ******* that extends from the Vatnajökull ice cap into the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón.

The lake, with its floating icebergs, is one of Iceland’s major tourist attractions and has been used as a filming location for James Bond films A View to a ***** and **** Another Day and also Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

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