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Topic: valais

The Weissmies and the Trift glacier in the Swiss canton of Valais
Science
Friday, 8/21, 06:39 AM

A melting Swiss glacier gives up two Belgian climbers missing since 1992

  • A hiker found human remains in the ice of the Trift glacier in July.
  • DNA testing has now identified two Belgian mountaineers, aged 39 and 41, who set out for the summit of the Weissmies on September 4, 1992, and never came back.
  • Swiss glaciers have lost a quarter of their volume in ten years, and the ice is giving up what it held.

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