Grandmother has to be rescued after drifting out to sea on ‘ice throne’ in Iceland

A Texan grandmother has had to be rescued in Iceland after posing for a picture sitting on an ‘ice throne’ which floated out to sea. 

The unnamed American had been visiting Iceland’s Jökulsárlón Lagoon with her son when she came across the chunk of frozen water which looked like a seat. 

Her son took a picture and captioned it ‘iceberg queen’, but a wave took the makeshift chair away from the shore. 

A bystander – who happened to be a boat captain and was trained in water rescue – had to rescue the grandmother, Buzzfeed reported. 

Before and after: This grandmother had to be rescued after she posed for a picture on an ice ‘throne’ (left) but was carried out to sea by a wave (right) in Iceland 

Her granddaughter, 24-year-old Catherine Streng, shared the pictures after her father sent them from Iceland. 

After labelling his mother an ‘iceberg queen’, the man said she had ‘lost her kingdom when she drifted out to sea’.  

Describing what happened, he said his mother had ‘ascended the throne’ after a wave had left the chunk of ice exposed on the beach.  

The woman’s son sent his daughter pictures of what had happened, calling his mother an ‘iceberg queen’ but saying she had ‘lost her kingdom when she drifted out to sea’

Catherine Streng, left, shared the story online after her father, right, had sent her the pictures

‘Then a wave washed in and dislodged the ice throne, rocking it from side to side,’ he said. 

‘When the wave retreated, it lifted the dislodged throne throne and carried her out with the tide.’ 

The grandmother had witnessed several other people sitting on the ‘throne’ before she decided to join in.    

Sharing the story on Twitter, Ms Streng said: ‘My grandmother almost got lost at sea in Iceland today lmaoooo.’