Rescue effort at ice cave in Iceland ends after police say no one is missing
by Ashifa Kassam and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#6Q8CX)
Search for more survivors of cave collapse that killed one called off as records show 23 not 25 people were on tour
After a 17-hour, 200-person rescue operation in which first responders used chainsaws and ice picks to cut through a collapsed ice cave to track down two missing tourists, police in Iceland have called off the search and said they now believe that no one had ever been missing.
Officials in Iceland said on Monday that after examining tour operator records, they had concluded that 23 people were on the tour, not 25 as had been previously reported.
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