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World Service,14 Sep 2017,11 mins

"Every mission can be your last"

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Viggó Sigurðsson is a rescue man in the Icelandic coast guard. It's a treacherous job - facing roaring winds, rolling seas and ferocious blizzards. And it's Viggo's job to go out in this weather - he drops out of the side of a helicopter and attempts to save people from the sea, the top of volcanos and cracks in glaciers. Image: Viggó Sigurðsson. Credit: Saskia Edwards, BBC

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