Iceland holds memorial service for dead glacier

A girl holds a sign that reads 'pull the emergency brake' at a ceremony mourning Iceland's Okjökull glacier

A girl holds a sign that reads 'pull the emergency brake' at a ceremony mourning Iceland's Okjökull glacier Source: AAP

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Icelandic officials, activists and others have said goodbye to what once was the Okjökull glacier, which fell victim to climate change.

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