Norwegian search party to Greenland

A 14-member search party made up of family members and friends of the missing Norwegians arrived in Arctic Greenland in the early hours of Wednesday morning, ready to join the search on the island.

The Greenland police have now confirmed that the dead man found in the area on Monday was one of the threeNorwegians missing since last Friday.

The police also announced that they had found a home made raft, and said this indicated that the three may possibly have attempted to cross the river. The raft was made up of inflatable matresses, tied together wiith branches and driftwood.

(NRK)

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 07:28

Written by Rolleiv Solholm

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