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Birgir Þór Júlíusson is a guide and the owner of Nifheimar ehf.

Warned of the ice wall just a few minutes before the accident

28 Aug "I come over there to the man who was found dead under the ice, his feet are sticking out and he's leaning down like that. I take a hook, push the ice off him, and pull him up so he doesn't choke. I perform CPR on the man. Then I get the news that there is an injured woman above and it is his wife," says Birgir Þór Júlíusson, who came to the fatal accident on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on Sunday.

Registration for the trip was insufficient.

Criticizes ice cave trips in the summer

27 Aug Helgi Björnsson, glaciologist and professor emeritus at the Earth Sciences Institute of the University of Iceland, believes that it is extremely dangerous to offer trips to ice caves during the summer. The caves are constantly changing during the summer when the glacier is moving more. You should wait until autumn to go on such trips.

Katrín Una Sigurðardóttir with her little sister, Elvíra María, in her arms.

Runs in the memory of her little sister

24 Aug 2024 Katrín Una Sigurðardóttir, a nine-year-old girl from Siglufjörður, plans to take part in the Reykjavík marathon today. She runs in the recreational race in memory of her sister, Elvíra María, who died last year after a battle with acute leukemia.

Starts the marathon and bakes waffles

23 Aug 2024 Einar Þorsteinsson, the mayor of Reykjavík, will be around the city center tomorrow and will, among other things, start the half and full marathons in Íslandsbanki's Reykjavík Marathon 2024, together with Friða Bjarnadóttir.

A hiker fell into a crevasse last night

23 Aug 2024 A hiker had to be rescued last night. He fell into a crevasse while observing the latest eruption. The maximum speed has been lowered on a certain section of the Reykjanesbraut.

It is important to dress well for Culture Night in Reykjavík next Saturday.

Advises people to dress well on Culture Night as it could get cooler in the evening

22 Aug 2024 Þorsteinn V. Jónsson, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, advises people going to Culture Night to dress well and bring mittens and a hat.

The work on Suðuræð hot water supply line finished at 22:40 last night.

Hot water is slowly coming to the neighborhoods one by one

21 Aug 2024 Work on the connection of Suðuræð 2 hot water supply ended at 22.40 last night and water was started to be released back to the transport channel before midnight. It was over in the middle of the night.

Two climbers died this week when they fell more than a kilometer down the slopes of the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland. Trausti Ingason had walked with them earlier in the day, but he turned back before going any further.

An Icelander in the trip where the men fell to their deaths

20 Aug 2024 "I was just there the same day, these were men I had met the day before and we had breakfast together."

The road to Landmannalaugar is in bad shape with deep potholes and the Ranger in the area says it has seldom been worse.

The road to Landmannalaugar in a bad shape due to traffic and rain

19 Aug 2024 The route Fjallabaksleið north into Landmannalaugar is in the worst shape these days, but the reason for that is the recent rainy weather, which caused the Road Administration to not be able to grade the road. Now, however, the aim is for that work to be completed in the next few days.

Were going to leave a 14-year old alone in Rome for a week after overbooking a flight

16 Aug 2024 "I don't understand how it can be messed up so much," says Telma Rós Jónsdóttir in an interview with a mbl.is reporter about the incident in Rome where she, her boyfriend, and a 14-year-old boy were not allowed to board a flight to Iceland that they had already paid for.

An extensive search was conducted in Mt Kerlingafjöll after an emergency message was received online.

The fake messages might have come from abroad

13 Aug 2024 "There is nothing to suggest otherwise," says Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, senior police officer at the police in Suðurland, in a conversation with Morgunblaðinn's reporter, when asked if it is possible to categorically say that the request of tourists in Mt Kerlingarfjöll for help was a false message.

Guðmundsson has been training in dance since he was four years old.

"Like having a knife in your toe"

11 Aug 2024 Logi Guðmundsson sits in the reception area of the physiotherapist's office and politely answers the phone when the clients call. At first glance, he seems like a normal teenager, tall and thin, doing his summer job.

Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir has traveled a lot in the East with her camera.

The best meditation is sitting in a berry bush on a nice summer day in Mjóifjörður

10 Aug 2024 The Eastern region is very dear to Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. She grew up in Vaðbrekka in Hrafnkelsdalur Valley, then lived in Fellabær during high school, before moving to Reykjavík in her twenties. She says she is quite good at visiting her childhood memories, and most of her family still lives in the East. She rejoices with those who have yet to experience coming to Stórurð hiking trails for the first time.

The town of Grindavík will pay ISK 30 million and the state ISK 440 million for the work on infrastructure in the town that is on the agenda.

It will take some time to prepare the actions

9 Aug 2024 At the same time that a volcanic eruption is expected in the vicinity of Grindavík at any moment, the Grindavík Committee has submitted an action plan for construction worth 470 million ISK. Of this, Grindavíkurbær will pay 30 million, while the state will pay 440 million.