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Nigardbreen has seen several severe accidents involving tourists ignoring the local safety warnings. In July 1986 two people, a Danish woman and her 8-year-old daughter, died when hit by chunks of ice that fell from the glacier. In 1994 a Polish woman was left in critical condition after being hit by
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During the first half of the 18th century, the glacier expanded due to cold weather. Then, the winters of 1741-1744 were extremely cold. Apples and pears did not ripen during the summer and the bee populations perished. Between 1700 and 1748, the glacier moved forward about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
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falling ice. In 2014 a German couple died as a result of being crushed by ice; their children standing close by survived physically unharmed. In August 2018 an
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completely covering and crushing nine farms (Danish: Ni gårde) (hence the name of the glacier). By 1748, the
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