Accidents Due to Unsafe Ice on Lake and Icy Mountain Slopes Móskarðshnjúkar peaks in Esja mountain. mbl.is/Ófeigur Vala Hafstað Unsafe ice on lakes and icy mountain slopes caused several accidents over the weekend. Capital area firefighters were called out twice yesterday to rescue people who had fallen through the ice on Hafravatn lake, just east of Reykjavík, mbl.is reports. The Capital Area Police Department stresses that ice on lakes around the capital area is not safe and asks people to keep off the ice. Mountain slopes in the vicinity of Reykjavík are icy, and at least three people were injured hiking there yesterday. A helicopter from the Icelandic Coast Guard was called out to transport the injured to hospital. Early in the afternoon, two women were injured while hiking in