Importance of dressing right on a glacier

The news in Iceland said this morning that Scottish mother and son that had gone missing on one of the glaciers yesterday and that they were found alive during the night.

The tourists were a part of a bigger group of tourists on snow mobiles. Somehow the two of them went out of the group so the guides had to call a rescue team. Mother and son were OK when they were found on the glacier.

Icelandic nature can be dangerous when the weather is bad. Yesterday there was snow storm on the glacier.

It is important always to take appropriate clothes with you when travelling to Iceland. If you want to go on a glacier during winter you really should take warm clothes with you and winter or hiking shoes. If you want to go hiking during winter you should take hiking shoes and warm clothes. It can be cold.

Mother and son were appropriately dressed and they did the right thing while waiting for rescue. They went behind the snow mobile to get a break from the storm and then mother took her son into her lap to give him warmth from her body. That was important in this case.