Is there any chance of adding dog frisbee throwing to the Winter Olympics? If so, I think Iceland's team - + - is in with a chance of a gold medal.

@GoCoyote

2 жыл бұрын

Polly is a great athlete, and very skilled with a frisbee. Good chance for a podium finish in the mixed snow course.

search & rescue crews here are simply amazing -- such a sad circumstance, and so thankful for all their hard work and dedication.

I loved Polly playing in the snow. She spreads happiness all over the world.

@GoCoyote

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely improves my morale. And a real snow dog!

A horrible tragedy in a land made of dreams! My condolences to the families and friends of these young men. ❄️ Rescue team must be made of steel and rock. They have all my admiration.

@smugdute9416

2 жыл бұрын

Iceland sure is a small country, my classmate's father was the pilot, Haukur Diego. I'm so sad for him, I lost my father 2 years ago, and it was also sudden. I just want him to know at least when he goes back to school that I still kind of know what he's going through. It was sad enough that he died, I can only imagine what the other families must be going through too, it truly is tragic.

So sad to hear about the people who died in the accident. Well done to the search and rescue teams who helped to find them. I was in Iceland just over a week ago when it started snowing (was a blizzard when walking back from the zoo) and it hasn’t stopped since! Also got my hotdog and walked past Reykjavik grapevine and Valur was up in his office by the window! Planning my next trip out now…. Thanks again for the newscasts and giving me my Iceland fix while I can’t be there….

Love Polly!! 🤗😂 We appreciate your news and love the way you present it!!🙏👍 🍻 Condolences to all the families as well🙏🙏🙏

The young man who died came from our local town, thanks for covering this sad event

Respect for your Rescue services. Condolencies to the families ancd friends of the lost. Sincerely love your news casts… and so does Madoc my welsh sheep dog… you are helping to keep us sane during our winter in the western Isles of Scotland/ Thank you all (both )

So sorry about this tragedy. I loved "volcanopilot". I first learned of him through the recent eruption in Iceland. He was fun and goofy, but also a great pilot. I also enjoyed pics of his dog. My condolences on his family and the families of the others!

Haraldur Diego really helped inspire my journey as a pilot and photographer. I’ll miss him.

I send my most heartfelt condolences to the families of this horrible tragedy. A huge Thank You to the volunteer rescue team & to you for sharing this. Hugs, peace, strength & prayers to all.

Thank you Valur! It is a sad story. But you and your team go through so much effort to bring iceland close to us, with all its aspects! I follow the weather and you will get much more snow ❄️ Snow ⛄️… So please stay safe, stay warm! Greetings from Oklahoma! Ps: I would love to order from your shop, but assuming, that the postage will be tooooo high… Thank you again!

Thanks once more. I’m learning much about Iceland thanks to your channel. Good luck!

The accident is very tragic. I'm so sorry for those lost and their families and friends. Thank you to the rescue teams for recovering those lost. It was highly amusing watching you struggle through the snow, Valur. I am amazed that the camerawoman wasn't laughing out loud at that.

Praying for the families of all those who lost their lives, truly sad and tragic. You truly handled it with such respect for the families and the victims

My granddaughter and I visited this park in August of 2018! Beautiful park!

Bless the search & rescue team and condolences to all family members on their loss in this tragedy. Thanks for your continued news casts even amongst all that cold & snow today. Amazing energy and delight from Polly, enjoying the challenge of deep snow, yes more than you almost getting stuck, LOL! Indeed, always good to see a wagging dark tail above the depth of snow confirming where Polly is! Keep warm & safe you all from Missouri, USA - CHEERS!

Fly high Haraldur! You will be missed by so many! ... My condolences to your family and the family of the others ❤️.

i love your “walk and talks” .. beautiful country 🌺

I've been following this story on Iceland media since last week and I knew the outcome would be tragic. It just breaks your heart how much these folks are going to be missed. My prayers are with them. Iceland's Search and Rescue teams are really something! In an emergency they "run to" the trouble where most of us I believe tend to "run from" an incident like this. SAR are to be commended for their dedication in trying to bring these folks back home to their loved ones. On a lighter note.... Polly! She's quite the little adventurer! Iceland is the perfect home for her! Even though she got pretty stuck in the snow... she found her disc and came back wanting to do it again! And yet again!!! That's quite the storm you're having there.... stay safe!

Polly certainly has her priorities! Love Polly.🥰 My condolences for the families and friends of the people who were lost.💐

Thank you Polly and Valur

I love your updates, full of information and nicely delivered, thank you. Stay safe and well.

Aloha hugs 🤗 Bless all your hearts Condolences for family's 🙏

I love the snow too! It's so pretty when it covers everything over and everything gets very quiet and all you can hear is the snow falling. Our winters in Maryland seem like they're changing in the same way as yours are. We used to get snow in December but now sometimes we hardly get any in January and our big snows come in February and March, if we even get any big snows. Also, although we do sometimes have thunderstorms in the winter, are severe weather has been increasing as well. Sometimes we even have tornadoes in the winter, something that never used to happen. I had to laugh at Polly needing rescuing but then when you got stuck, Polly thought she would come help! Such a tragedy about the plane crash. I can't imagine being in that situation and then trying to swim and water that cold to get out and then you're wet and the temperature is freezing! 😔

I remember Haraldur "the volcanopilot" from his video shots of the very early days of Fagradasfjall 😟

So sorry for the loss of the people. As always, thank you.

First, Iceland has remarkable Search and Rescue teams - wow! - that go out in extreme weather. Also, condolences to the families and friends of the deceased. Second, the snow Valur was wading in at the beginning of the video reminded me of a couple of winters in Minnesota when I waded out into deeper snow to add bird seed to some feeders. Brrrr. Third, Valur, very respectful coverage of the tragedy. Thank you.

12:35 Valur: 'it's hard to dive there' (some snorklers casually walk past)

@aki23bass

2 жыл бұрын

some snorklers = professional rescue divers

Valur and Pollý playing together in the snow. Is there anything more wholesome (particularly after hearing about news like that)?

What a beautiful park. The accident was also covered in the Dutch news. Those people didn't stand a chance in water that cold. Without a protectice suit you can survive only for a few minutes. Swimming about 1 km in water that cold is out of the question. Although Nature is beautiful she's also cruel at times. My thoughts go out to those left behind.

Once again, great episode!

Polly is such a sweet dog. I truly believe that dogs have their own personalities just like people. If she were human, she would be the kind of person you would want for a friend. My daughter lost her terrier at the end of last year. He was and elder, around 12 or 13 years of age. He, like Polly, had the sweetest personality. My husband and I used to dogsit sometimes when my daughter went on vacation. I think about him often and miss him terribly. Take care of Polly and you and Art be well too.

Until watching this report from Valur, I had been unaware that Josh Neuman had died in a plane crash in Iceland. I am not a skate boarder but Josh's videos are incredible. Sadly there will be no more and I am sure he will be greatly missed by his fans and all who knew him.

@natalia_juniper

2 жыл бұрын

It`s so sad 😞. My husband loved watching his amazing and risky videos. Josh was a very pleasant and friendly young man. My condolences to their families.

Thanks to you guys for heading out into those challenging conditions. Sincere condolences to the families of the four people lost in this tragedy. The SAR teams will get the difficult task of recovery done. Marvellous folk. Sensitive reporting, Valur. Full-on snowy conditions, but beautiful to see. Polly's an energetic, bright spirit charging through deep snow unfazed when she's nearly(?) buried. You and Josie(?) did pretty well too.

Iceland's SAR teams are some of the best in the world. I'm sure they tried their best to save the plane passengers.

@donkeyballs3307

2 жыл бұрын

In under 50 meters of freezing water ,yea im sure they did ,they were dead when they hit the surface of the water ,they just rescued dead bodies off the lake bottom

Thank You Valur, Josie and Polly for braving the extreme elements. Polly will be exhausted. Lots of beautiful snow. People diving / snorkelling are very brave. 🥶 Terribly sad news about the Pilot and his Passengers. As an experienced and much respected Aviator, he would have done all that he could to try to save the lives of those in his care. What a tragic accident. Condolences to those who lost their lives and their families. RIP. 🙏 Thank You to Iceland's Search, Rescue & Recovery Team. Not an easy job. Stay safe. 🙏

I like your site. Always informative

@The Reykjavík Grapevine Oh my goodness! Finally "some" snow! Hey you two, Valur & Polly (and Art!), don't drown in the snow! ! 🇨🇦🙋 Ellen, Jim (& Dezzy watching Polly!)

Such a sad story, I had read an article about it but I didn't know all of the details. My wife and I look forward to watching these newwscasts and watching Polly catch the frisbee. It has been a welcome respite during these COVID times. We laughed when it looked like Valur and Polly were both going to get stuck in the snow. That was a close one!

When accidents happen in the American Great Lakes, which are also very cold, bodies tend to sink and never come up. This is distressing for the families when whole ships sink in one of the lake storms (the song The Edmond Fitzgerald was about such a sudden sinking with all aboard.)

@melissahdawn

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we used to sing the ballad of the Edmund Fitzgerald in music class. And my dad still talks about swimming out to the ice in lake superior when he was in college in the U.P. (Upper Peninsula).

@Momcat_maggiefelinefan

2 жыл бұрын

The lakes aren’t American. They’re just lakes on the North American continent and belong to no country. And bodies do come up unless they’re trapped on something. Spring comes, water warms, bodies begin to decompose and bloat. And float. They show up wherever the lake takes them.

@reginaromsey

2 жыл бұрын

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan Linda, do you live on the Lakes? Their depths, and not great depths do not warm. The common understanding of “American Lakes” is that the Great Lakes are therefore situated on the American continent. The friends I have in Iceland, Sweden, and Germany appear to have such a good grasp of geography it was understood to be North America. I carefully did not say the US Lakes because that would have been incorrect in attributing their oversight to one country.

@Momcat_maggiefelinefan

2 жыл бұрын

@@reginaromsey Canadians are sensitive about that issue and I’m sorry if I was gruff. I live about 7 km from Lake Ontario. A river running by my house flows into the Bay of Quinte, at the eastern end of the lake. Beautiful area, lots of agriculture, no huge cities.

@reginaromsey

2 жыл бұрын

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan Linda, I would envy you what is probably a lovely place to live if I weren’t 75 and comfortably established in the Pacific NorthWet. Believe me I thought about the fact that the Great Lakes are shared by Canada and the US when I wrote. The comment about bodies not rising as they normally would in other bodies of water cane from a National Geographic video on Shipwrecks. The video started with some of the very old wooden wrecks from the US Revolution, with the more modern sinkings of some of the big ore carriers and the Edmond O’Brian. The coldness of the waters and lack of oxygen at depth was mentioned as the reason for lack of decay.

I read about the plane crash over the weekend. As a private pilot with several hundred hours in that model Cessna 172, it raises many questions as to how a well experienced pilot managed to end up in that tragic situation. We may never have all of the answers. My condolences to all the families of those that lost their lives. Polly gets stuck and Iceland's S&R is right there on the scene to pull her out. For a moment I thought they would have to rescue Valur too! I think Josie Anne has learned from experience when it's a good time to retrieve the frisbee and when it isn't.

@rabha1754

2 жыл бұрын

When I was learning to fly I was taught to fly high enough to be able to glide to land from the mid point when crossing a substantial body of water if the engine failed. Looks to me like someone forgot that lesson and was too low to get to land, or was disoriented and mistook ice for land. Either way I'll be surprised if the conclusion is not "pilot error". Whatever the cause, I also send my condolences to the bereaved.

We have nearly 1000 deads in Luxembourg 🇱🇺… stay health and get the vaccin… cheers

Poor Polly, better snow than mud. Thanks for sharing the news.

Watching Polly play in the deep snow is such a treat. She is a real champion Frisbee girl. The news is very sad and I am thinking of the families and friends.

What a tragic story. My sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Thank you for the report. And I am always amazed at the tenacity and efficiency of Iceland's search and rescue efforts. On another note, I appreciate the effort you put into this report. You obviously got a pretty good workout, as did Polly and I imagine that Art and Josie also did. Not easy working conditions 👍

This was an extraordinary video this week! Very very tragic - my thoughts and prayers go out to the families involved, - and also laughable to watch Polly and yourself in that snow storm, not forgetting the 📷 cameraman (are you sure he/she is not an AI?) Keep up the good work and then you. Much love from a wet and windy southern UK.....

Love watching the dog play fetch.

Sad news, reminds me of how brave S&R crews and all emergency services are. They tend to run to danger whilst us mortals run away. Loved seeing Polly in the snow.

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

I’m so sorry to hear of this tragedy. It’s very sad news and a terrible accident. I feel for the family and friends of these people.

So tragic.

The thunder storms in snowy conditions are a long documented weather phenomenon. I experienced it about 20 years ago and even saw lightening! It’s called thunder snow by Canadian meteorologists. And quite uncommon.

@c.j.wright-wingate4895

2 жыл бұрын

I witnessed this in Frankfurt Germany in 1983! I had never seen anything like this except ball and chain lighting in SW Arizona! Fascinating!

@Momcat_maggiefelinefan

2 жыл бұрын

@@c.j.wright-wingate4895 Very amazing stuff, what the weather can do. Love it!

Hi Josie. We heard you're pulling Art's load for a while. It was nice hearing your voice when Polly needed encouragement. And Valur, you did OK in the freezing wind without a script or notes.

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bil! Appreciate it.

I'm so sorry about the people who lost their lives in the plane crash. I too am hopeful for a good outcome at the Olympics for Iceland!

Love Poiiy!!!

Condolences from Canada...

Excellent reporting on such a tragedy and in general. I can’t even imagine what they were doing in such inclement weather. I bet Polly was very tired when she finally got home!

ICELAND THE BEST

I send all their families my condolences, my heart and soul is with them, it's so much tragedy. I want to say, all the people in The Icelandic Search and Rescue Team are volunteers, it's unpaid, when they get The Call they leave their job and also their families immediately, are always ready to help people in need and even risk their own lives, no matter what, and there are thousands of thousands of people waiting for the call, I'm not sure but I think there are ca.60000 people ready on the line + many companies+ most of Icelanders are willing to help when financial help is needed for the rescue. Valur mentioned about a submarine which was used to find the people underwater, it was volunteered by this submarine company, it has the newest technology underwater. Everybody are ready to help others in Iceland.

@natalia_juniper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the clarification, I didn't know that

Omg I just saw those people with diving suits on!! I’m guessing they were in that water!! So cold

It takes a brave man (and dog) to wander off the path at Þingvellir where there seem to be bottomless fissures in all directions. For a moment I though we had lost the pair of you!

Amazing news today . Sad news about the plane. Loved how Polly manages to catch the frizbee a few times . Lots of snow fun for all. Valur getting stuck and Polly sticking with her master. Such a faithful girl.❄️

I found my dream job! I was meant for this, I keep repeating, almost mantra-like that I want to be a rescue diver in Iceland!!!! Though the idea of ice forming over my head scares me terribly, I still think it would be great to do, sorta like a ride at an amusement park or bungee jumping or something. I REALLY want to become a diver in Iceland, maybe do underwater archeology in the summer, too. Oh, that really wouldn't matter as long as I could be a rescue diver in Iceland! 😀

Good Job!!!!

The search and rescue team there is nothing short of amazing! As someone who lives somewhere that doesn’t get snow I really can’t imagine working in those conditions! Polly looks like she was having so much fun =)

Keep warm!

The pilot didn’t file a flight plan? That is bad!

Lord, have mercy!

My condolences to the families... very sad. I snorkeled here in winter ...it is amazing place but little surprised this is open now until they get bodies.

Polly was really tuckered out there at the end. Snow swimming is hard.

I had been in Iceland last week for the 4th time - visited the (currently not eruptive) volcano :-). It was wonderful as always (weather was also good on Thursday only a bit windy) Heard about the lost aircraft from a tour guide in Reykjavik a day after it happened - there was no transmitted information from the pilot (probably had no time for communication) or the airplane that there is something wrong before the "landing in the water" as you said. It sounds like an engine failure to an unfavorable time in a particularly unfavorable place - I assume, during an excursion they will also not have flown high that a glide would be possible for a long time. Sad!

The people in the wet suits are crazy! I'm definitely not tough enough to get into any water that cold!

@LibbyRal

2 жыл бұрын

I think those might be dry suits, which keep the person much warmer than a wet suit would

@RoxnDox

2 жыл бұрын

They always use drysuits in water that cold. And thick undergarments, sometimes with heated vests as well. Personally, I would love to dive up there. Kudos to the SAR personnel and rescue divers everywhere.

Very interesting episode. So surreal seeing people in diving suits with snorkels walking through the snow storm

I love these newscasts - I love that you do these in all kinds of weather and so many beautiful places.

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

We're glad you like them Joan!

Wonderful video, thank you x

@TheReykjavikGrapevine

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Patricia

She is relentless. Obviously I know but she'll keep you young!! 💖💖💖

Wow, that is really tragic. If you fall into water that cold without protective suit, you have less than 10 minutes to live. That why people who fly in winter over the sea (like staff from oil rigs) always have to wear such suits, in case something happens. Even surviving the crash itself is not saving you, if you fall in the water with normal clothes on.

The plane crash was on the news here in Australia. Condolences to Family & friends of the deceased. It's interesting that Iceland is having snow later in winter. Here on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia we are coming to the end of what has been quite a cool summer. Out of 10 weeks of summer so far we have only had about 1 week of hot weather. It reached 35C maybe 3 times but mainly around 32C but they were really spread out in between days of around 25C which is usually our winter weather. We have just had 2 weeks of what we would class as winter weather but it is still summer here. We had the same thing happen here last year as well while other regions were getting temps of 40C which is horrible hot. This global warming is creating different weather all around the world.

Iceland is such a complicated wonderful place isn't it. 💖🌋

Condolences to all who have lost loved ones.

Have been there. Beautiful place. Sad about the accident.

Such sad news for the families of those lost :(..... On a lighter note, you getting bogged after Polly's dive in the snow was hilarious...just as well there were others around .

maybe you should also add some Frisbees to you merch ^^

I worry about Polly in the snow drifts.

Tragic and avoidable, this accident. The pilot - however good he was - must have miscalculated, he should have crash landed on the ground. One thing about the famous ICE-SAR - they are all unpaid volunteers, who do this service out of the goodness of their hearts.

I thought we weren't going to talk to the Danes

Hi bud. Missed you only bcuz we've got missing babies here in 🇺🇸 and we wait daily to see if they are coming home.. Horrible is this. There are so many.

Good girl Polly!! Svo dugleg :D

I'll bet Polly had a nice nap back at the office. Thank you for covering the details of the plane crash. I only knew that it happened in a lake.

You’re going to have to pick her up and carry her home…LOL… The disk as well… B.

I love how you have to jump into waist high snow to rescue the dog at beginning. Prayers to the family of the aircraft disaster. Very sad news. Omicron flashed thru cape cod in Dec 2021 Jan 2022 many people were infected then it dropped off as spring came in March April.

Sad news, but it's hard to stay sad for very long when Polly's around. Kudos to the SAR teams. Despite all their experience, it can't be easy going on a mission with such a low likelihood of a rescue.

Hey, both news and comedy, courtesy of Polly.

Polly is a good dog! Valur (like me with my Border Collie) is not always a good frisbee thrower. But our dogs save us.

Love the snow!

Sad news indeed.

My condolences to everyone effected by this tragedy, and all those lost to Covid. When I recently had surgery, the doctors said that Omicron is not less dangerous than older variants, but our vaccinations protect us enough to keep away the worst effects. But they said that children are being effected a lot more, and they have never had so many children in the hospital. Polly appreciated you making a path through the snow, and enjoyed every minute in the snow, no matter how deep.

Tweeted this SAR Members are amazing people.

Love Polly !! She goes swimming in the snow and is a good sport about it!!

I have been following that guy on IG. What a tragic event. It seems so mysterious that he seemed to have landed the plane as they found it intact, and no one was in the plane so they got out? I think the water this time is very dangerous.. like um íshröngl. I didn't hear that they found the bodies. Sad news. Thanks for covering this.