The shocking video of the breakup of a glacier in Iceland

April 2, 2019

The images of the collapse of the glacier were captured by Stephan Mantler, mountain guide of the Háfjall private tourism company.

Some huge waves pushed a group of tourists going to Iceland to run after a group of tourists gigantic wall of Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier he will collapse. The camera of a guide managed to capture the moment of collapse.

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The glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón to the southwest of Iceland is characterized by its calm. However, on Sunday, it was not possible after the breakup of a mbadive ice wall that attacked the coast with huge waves and causing a violent shock of the pack ice in the lagoon.

The images were captured by Stephan Mantler, a mountain guide from the Háfjall private tourism company, who described the exact moment of the fall of the frozen wall.

"Because of its large size and proximity, it was a bit difficult to escapebut they were all safe and dry, "said Stephan Mantler, who works for the travel company Háfjall." They were not scared, but they were very shocked"He added.

In addition, Mantler said: "This area is only accessible with mountain guides and all the people shown in the video had been instructed to leave the beach immediately in case of collapse. "

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The phenomenon was caused by the detachment of an ice wall. This phenomenon is quite common for this time of year on the northern island of Europe but has rarely been recorded. Fortunately, the small tsunami ended in fear.