The glaciers in the Swiss Alps have recently melted due to climate change, and the remains and remains of planes buried for half a century are being discovered.
The British Guardian reported on the 9th (local time) that the remains of two French climbers had been found on the 3rd day of the Chessjen glacier in Valais, Switzerland. The owner of the ashes is believed to have died in the 1970s and 1980s.
A week ago, the remains were also found at the Stockji glacier northwest of the Matterhorn in Switzerland. Foreign media such as The Mirror raised the possibility that the owner of the ashes was Carl Erivan Haub, a German millionaire who disappeared four years ago. The police are analyzing the genetic information (DNA) of these remains.
Earlier this month, the wreckage of a light aircraft was discovered by mountain guide Dominic Nellen on the Aletsch Glacier near the Jungfrau peak in Switzerland. The Pfeiffer Cherokee was a light aircraft that crashed in flight from Zurich in June 1968. The body of the occupant was previously recovered, but it is the first time the wreckage of an airplane has been found, the Guardian said.
The Swiss Alps did not receive enough snow last winter, and two record heatwaves this year overlapped, causing the glaciers to melt faster. Last month, Swiss authorities issued a recommendation to refrain from climbing the Matterhorn, the Alps peak, as the temperature in Zermatt reached abnormally high near 30 degrees Celsius. According to the Swiss Meteorological Administration, the freezing point altitude above the Alps, which was usually 3000 to 35,000 meters in summer, rose to 5,184 meters above sea level last month, breaking the record high in 27 years.
Shin Hyun-bo, reporter at Hankyung.com [email protected]
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