Bodies of Climbers Missing for 34 Years Found as Alps Glaciers Melted by Heatwave

The bodies of two climbers who went missing 34 years ago have been discovered as glaciers in the Swiss Alps melt, broadcaster SRF and other media reported on August 19 (local time).

Police in the Swiss canton of Valais stated that DNA analysis of remains found on the Trift Glacier in July confirmed they belong to two Belgian nationals, aged 39 and 41, who went missing in 1992.

The two went missing in September 1992 while climbing toward the summit of the 4,017-meter-high Weissmies peak.

Alpine glaciers are melting at an unusually fast rate due to the persistent high temperatures across Europe since the late spring of this year.

According to GLAMOS, the glacier monitoring team at ETH Zurich, the snow and ice accumulated on Swiss Alpine glaciers last year melted completely on June 29, nearly two months earlier than normal.

GLAMOS also reported that the Rhone Glacier in southern Switzerland lost four meters in a single month this summer due to the heatwave.
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