VIENNA: The dead body of trekker, missing for almost 20 years have been found on a melting glacier in Tyrol region of Austria, western media reported on Wednesday.
His body was found at a height of 2,900 metres (9,500 feet) with a rucksack having bank card and driver’s license. Police soon after that deployed a helicopter to retrieve the dead body.
It is believed that the deceased having ski equipment died in 2001.
Dead Body of Missing Trekker Found in Austria’s Glacier
His body was found from Austria’s one of the fastest melting glaciers in the Alpine mountain range. According to an assessment the glacier has lost 89.5 meters in 2021/2022.
These kinds of cases have also appeared in the past. In June, human remains and bones were found on the same Tyrolean glacier by a climber.
Switzerland has had similar cases, as the body of a German climber who disappeared in 1986 was recently found on a glacier near the Matterhorn mountain.
The melting ice exposed hiking gear on the surface. DNA analysis proved the climber’s identity, ending 37 years of uncertainty since his disappearance during a hike.
Hot summer conditions have impacted the glaciers in Switzerland and Austria.
