The Landsbjörg Rescue Team was called out this evening to search for two men in the Fimmvörðuháls area, which is located between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull in south Iceland.

Fimmvörðuháls was the site of volcanic activity before the larger eruption under Eyjafjallajökull earlier this year. The men intended to visit the eruption site themselves, but got lost in the thick fog which has been covering much of the country today.

One of the men is Icelandic and the other Danish, and both are experienced mountaineers according to information from Morgunblaðið. The men are in constant contact with the search and rescue team, who are now trying to locate them. The team is currently on its way up both of the larger mountains in the area.

The team received a message from the men just before midnight on Sunday that they saw the blue flashing lights of the rescue team somewhere near Þórsmörk. The image depicts a search and rescue team on Fimmvörðuháls.

Source and image: mbl.is

Labels: Eyjafjallajökull, Tourism