ICE Explorer

06/07/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkpZpuZTc7k

Crossing from East to West. Did pick them up yesterday . Good job.

02/04/2024

23/03/2024

Allt benti til þess að við yrðum að ná Ítölunm niður af Vatnajökli áður en verðrið myndi bresta á. Eftir 9 kls ferð frá Rvík fundum við Ítalina í 1270 metra hæð. Kl 20:00 lögðum við af stað af Vatnajökli, Vorum í jökuheimum kl 21:00 Hrauneyjum kl 23:00 og 01:00 í Reykjavík 5 klst. seinna. Hvað vorum við að forðast? Hér er vindstyrkur í jökuheimum í 550 metra hæð frá kl 20:00 allt kvöldið og nóttina. Hvað ætli þetta hafi þá verið í 1300 metra hæð? Ekki hefði ég vilja vera það eingöngu með tjald þessa nótt. Rétt ákvörðun að ná þeim niður. Þakka veðurstofunni fyrir góðar spá og upplýsingar.

27/02/2024

Grindavík. Tilfinningaríkur íbúafundur Grindavíkur. Flott teymi sérfræðinga leiðir grunninn að uppbyggingu Grindavíkur. Hvað svo? Meðal annars kvartaði íbúi undan ágangi ferðamanna. Það þarf að bregðast við því. Auðvelt er að hafa stjórn á skipulögðum ferðum ferðamanna. En erfiðarar er að hafa stjórn á þeim sem aka um á bílaleigubílum. Það þarf að hugsa þetta strax og Grindvíkingar þurfa að búa sig undir vera heitasti ferðamannastaðurinn á Íslandi næstu árin og til framtíðar. Það á strax að setja upp gjaldtökuhlið inn í bæinn, og íbúar þurfa að stýra umferð í ákveðinn farveg. A. nýtt hraun, B. Löndun á fiski, C. Veitingastaðir. D. verslanir. E. það verður ásók í að skoða tjónað hús. F. Ferðamenn vilja gista eina nótt og taka selfy og dreifa um allan heim. Gjaldtakan á að renna í uppbyggingu á Grindavík og það kæmi mér ekki á óvart að tekjur af slíkir gjaldtöku gæti slagað átt upp í verðmæti sjávarafurða bæjarinns. Fyrir utan að geta selt fiskinn á staðnum til ferðamanna. Grindvíkingar verða núna að taka höndum saman og gera þetta almennilega en ekki láta þetta bara gera sig sjálft. Snúna núna vandræðunum sér í hag eða eins fljótt og hægt er. Gangi ykkur sem best.

26/08/2023

Buggy on the move

13/03/2023

A day trip with friends in the rescue team into Iceland's highlands and mountain park. Minus 15 to 20 degrees. The highest mountain today was Hekla 1482 m and it did not erupt today.

27/06/2022

Glacier tour are starting again. june 2022

25/03/2022

Students in glaciers and natural sciences in practical projects. mars 2022

21/06/2021

It was a challenge today to bring the Frenchman Bastien Bahuet to Túnárjökull. Then also to a good snow for his good start. He is skiing solo across Vatnajökull. Have a nice trip my friend.

04/04/2021

Today I decided to sign up for a volcano watch as a volunteer in the Air Rescue Squad. This is how the day went. Powerful breakfast. Clothes and more clothes. VHF Tetra radio and satellite phones. More clothes. Packed lunch for one day. Walking sticks, walking sticks, whistles, GPS devices, compass. Storm, glasses. Large forehead light, first aid kit, heating pads, etc.

06/10/2020

My book on rescue work will soon been published on the 70th anniversary of the rescue squad. There are 70 stories 30 written by me and 40 members of the rescue squad write one story each. Here is one story for you. Enjoy.
My rescue team


Chapter 1: FJALLKIRKJAN- Church Mountain

I couldn’t see anything other than the eeriness of the unknown, the snow crashed against my goggles and as much I tried to wipe it off, I had entered a blizzard. The wind pushed against the snowmobile and tried to push me off it. I held on tightly and steered into the darkness. The three compasses I had were meant to keep me going in the right direction; there was one on the snowmobile, one on my wrist and another around my neck. The LORAN C Signalwas very weak but that often happen in blizzards, therefore I had to put my trust in the altimeter, the map and the other compasses. After being jolted around I stopped and walked five meters to ensure that the compass hadn’t been compromised by the blizzard. What am I even doing out here?

It was a long way, from Thingvellir and over Langjokull to the mountain Fjallakirkja. The year was 1987 and our friends in the Reykjavik Rescue team (HSSR)were in trouble. A team of four people had set off on two snowmobiles from a mountain hut, however on their journey through the blizzard, they had driven off a cliff. Their radios had cut out, and they could see that none of them were seriously injured, however they were lost, and the weather was getting continuously worse. They were in a whiteout, but they were able to build an igloo and waited there for help. The Reykjavik rescue team sent out a Snowcat to pick them up, however the Snowcat had technical issues and broke down. 24 hours after the accident another search and rescue party had been sent out.

(There were six of us on three snowmobiles, and as we got closer to our destination, we had to leave them behind on the glacier, we parked them as closely as possible to each other to avoid danger.)
A month before we completed an expedition over ‘the three glaciers’ and one of our destination on the expedition was Fjallakirkja, where I had the opportunity to note down the LORAN C points and familiarise myself with the route. Luckily, I had my notebook in my pocket on this rescue mission, so I knew that our chances of getting to the mountain hut were good as long as the weather didn’t get any worse. Our trip over the glacier went as well as it could have in a whiteout, and the other snowmobiles crept behind me like shadows. If the men behind me lost sight in front them they were meant to stop and wait for me to come back. They had shovels to dig themselves holes if there was trouble as well as all the correct equipment needed, so I was not too worried about them. It was a short way to hut and I poured over my notebook, and so did the snow. I made sure that the compass stayed 64.00.00 to the east and make sure we didn’t reverse down the hill to the south.

We made sure that we were careful driving over the last bit as there are many cliffs in the area, then we saw the Shark- the HSSR’s snow cat outside the hut. I walked into the hut covered in icicles edging into the warmth. The hut is small and there were at least twelve of us inside. The snowcat was still being fixed. I was immediately focused on continuing with the rescue mission and asked my friends if they were able to continue. One of the other men who had driven with us had enough for the day, however one was ready to join me and my friend Ingimundur, and we drove off into the snowstorm once again.

Ski poles and LORAN points

My idea was to use the Loren points which I had written down the month before. To make the mission less dangerous, Ingimundur proceeded to put on his skis and attached himself to my snow mobile, he then proceeded to tie a rope around his ski pole and throw it as far as he could in front of us to determine if it was safe for us to move across. The wind was the strongest from the south west, but the place where the accident had occurred was not as windy. This was unfortunate as we had no idea if we could approach that side safely. We knew that this could take a long time, but we had nothing better to do than look for a needle in a haystack.

I looked for the points from the Loran signal, and from there we pushed onwards. Ingimundur threw his pole out into the distance and skied there to determine the safety, we did this over and over again. All of this took a long time and every ten minutes I wrote down the co- ordinates of the Loren points so that we could make our way back. After a while the wind had become calmer. A man appeared walking towards us and directed us towards the accident site.

I tended to the people in the igloo, it turned out that one of the men had a knee injury. We wanted the injured man to come with us, but he was exhausted and wanted to wait for the snowcat to arrive. Amongst the people in the hut a woman is nurse, we decided to go back and request her help at the igloo, she was more than happy to help the injured man. However our way back to the igloo was difficult. None of us could see a thing, and I constanty looked at the LORAN C points to see if we were on the right track. Whilst I was concentrating on this the snowmobile flipped to the side and we were thrown off. Eventually we got to the igloo and the nurse was able to tend to the pateint, the nurse informed us that the only way to get the pateint safely to hospital was by a snowcat or being airlifted, which was clearly not an option in this atrocious weather.

A twisted truck ride

Whilst all of this took place, the second team from Reykjavik was approaching, their Snow Cat (Kyndill) was working in full swing roaring towards the igloo, as was the second snowcat (Ingolfur. Through the readio I directed them towards our co-ordinates. Some time had passed and based on the co-ordinates given they already should have made it to us. I set off west where I saw the tracks and followed them east to redirect them. The snowcat‘s were headed right into an area surrounded by cravasses...

I could see the back of Kyndill but was unable to make contact with them at first through the radio, after i changed the frequency I got through, where I told them to turn around instantly and follow me, which they did. However when they turned the snowcat I lost sight of them in the white out and my heart dropped. I sighed with relief when I saw the driver wave at me through the window. At this very moment the truck dropped into a large cravase, thankfully no one was injured.


I directed the next snowcat Ingolfur towards the igloo as we had no time to waste.
Ingolfur was a Kässbohrer, one of the five the rescue team had purchased in 1985. Little did I know that I would own Ingolfur as well as another truck, a few years later.

The truck headed in the right direction and i waited for them at the point where I drank my hot chocolate and munched on my snack. I had been awake for 26 hours and decided to give myself a rest break where a lay down and fell fast asleep. I awoke by the sound of the snow cat roaring towards me, i shouted into the radio for them to stop, so that they would not run me over and it was a close one. I then directed the snowcat as near to the accident site as I could; the back of the truck hovered over the Igloo and the five people from the igloo boarded the snowcat, and we left the snow mobiles behind.

Home the same night

We decided to drive the snowcat Ingolfur over the glacier and back to Reykjavik that night as I was meant to be at a job interview at 10 am the next morning. I decided to take my snowmoblie and drove beside the snowcat. It was a long night and the truck moved slowly over the glacier. Around five hours into the journey the snowmobile began to hiccup due to snow having formed around the engine. I then decided that I should go into the snowcat instead and attached the snowmobile to the back of the snowcat. I packed myself into the the snowcat, where I fell asleep on some passanger. A couple of hours later I was awoken, where I started my journey towards my car, an hour later I was back at the point where I had set off from two and a half days later, two hours later in Reykjavik and walked into my job interview.

03/09/2020

Some off our tours this summer. The summer of Covid 19, 2020

10/01/2020

Action on our Ford 4x4 46" 3,5 km from the people that where stuck in the mountains.
We where there on of the fist to assist them.

15/12/2019

The days are short, the amission is good. Des 16 -17. Best freinds keeping upp the spirit, taking carre of our greet hut in Jökulheima. just by the glaicer Vatnajökull.
Know one is there, special at this time at the year. We are always here. Greet place.

12/12/2019

Glaicer work. This truck is doing the job. Ótrúlegur trukkur. Lift 4,5 tonn.
8x8

21/10/2019

River crossing

10/10/2019

Study tour okt 2019

02/10/2019

02/10/2019

23/06/2019

Photos from ICE Explorer's post

21/06/2019

Study tour 2019 june.

21/06/2019

ICE Explorer

ICE Explorer

21/06/2019

Study tour jun 2019

Study tour jun 2019

29/03/2019

Study tour 26-28. april 2019.

25/07/2018

ICE 7 Ready for Shipping to ICELAND.

22/05/2018

17/05/2018

ICE 8x8

ICE 8x8 dos the work.

11/03/2018

ICE 5 8x8 and ICE 7 6x6

25/09/2017

Finely the servers team get a truck up to there standard.
This will be the leading truck in difficult situation. ICE 6

30/12/2016

After being left behind.
ICE 2 on track again. Ready for more action on Langjokull to "Into the glacier"