Tourist ignores ‘Don’t walk on the ice’ signs in Iceland and starts floating away 

Going with the floe! Tourist ignores ‘Don’t walk on the ice’ signs in Iceland and starts floating away

  • Man starts floating away on an ice block after ignoring warnings to stay off ice 
  • The man was part of a tour group to Jökulsárlón Lake, Iceland on a winter day
  • He almost loses his balance and falls into the water upon realising he is stuck 
  • The man must decide what to do as the block he is on gets further from the shore

A man who ignored multiple warning signs and decided to walk on a frozen lake looked shocked as he started to float away on a block of ice.

The tourist was wrapped up in thick layers and a coat when he walked out onto Jökulsárlón Lake, Iceland on a cold winter day.

The man walks out onto the ice sheet as fellow travelers exclaim: ‘He is getting further and further out!’

 

Stuck: The tourist drifts away on a large block of ice as he ponders how to get back to the shore, where fellow tourists are standing just yards away. One man on the shore correctly predicts: ‘This is gonna be on a fail montage!’

The tourist gets on one knee as he faces a stark choice. He must decide what to do as the block he is on is getting further from the shore

The tourist gets on one knee as he faces a stark choice. He must decide what to do as the block he is on is getting further from the shore 

His fellow tourists can only stand and watch the man trapped out on the ice. The man is believed to have ignored several warning signs urging him not to walk on the ice in Iceland

His fellow tourists can only stand and watch the man trapped out on the ice. The man is believed to have ignored several warning signs urging him not to walk on the ice in Iceland

He can only look down in awe as the ice block that he is standing on breaks away from the main frozen sheet. 

He almost loses his balance and falls into the icy water as he realises that there is no way back to the shore. 

He then takes off his coat, as other people on the tour stare in disbelief. One woman exclaims: ‘He’s gonna swim!’

Suddenly, the man reaches into his pocket and throws his phone back on to the shore. 

‘There goes the phone!’, shouts one man from the shore.

He then throws his coat- only for the garment not to make it and land in the icy water just yards from the shore. The man then takes off his fleece and his top. 

He then throws his coat- only for the garment not to make it and land in the icy water just yards from the shore. The man then takes off his fleece and his top

He then throws his coat- only for the garment not to make it and land in the icy water just yards from the shore. The man then takes off his fleece and his top

One tourist standing on the shore correctly predicts: ‘This is gonna be on a fail montage!’ 

He then swan dives off from the block- only to land face first and belly flop into the shallow water. 

He then runs onto the shore as other tourists express their sympathy for the man.  

The video was uploaded to YouTube in April last year, but has since resurfaced online. 

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